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The Biden administration has proposed<\/a> new privacy protections to prohibit the use of women’s health information for investigations or lawsuits regarding out-of-state abortions. The proposed rule would modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to increase privacy surrounding abortion.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking<\/a> “proposes to extend additional privacy protections for providers, insurers, patients and others to safeguard [protected health information] PHI when that information otherwise would be disclosed or used to identify, investigate, sue, or prosecute someone for seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating lawful reproductive health care. Reproductive health care would be defined to include, but not be limited to, prenatal care, abortion, miscarriage management, infertility treatment, contraception use, and treatment for reproductive-related conditions such as ovarian cancer.”<\/p>\n

The proposal would prevent abortionists, health insurance agencies, and other parties associated with abortion travel from sharing information with out-of-state law enforcement \u2014 even in criminal cases.\u00a0It would also protect women who cross state lines for an abortion, though pro-life state laws do not currently allow for the prosecution of women who undergo abortions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposal would modify existing standards by prohibiting uses and disclosures of PHI for criminal, civil, or administrative investigations or proceedings against individuals, covered entities or their business associates … for seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating reproductive health care that is lawful under the circumstances in which it is provided,\u201d the proposed rule said.\u00a0It also prohibits “the identification of any person for the purpose of initiating such an investigation or proceeding.”<\/p>\n

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This proposal is the next in a series of moves the Biden administration has made to increase access to abortion. Women are already facing immense pressure to abort, and a new documentary from Sidewalk Advocates for Life has exposed the increased pressure<\/a> women who travel for abortions face. Once they get to the abortion facility, after the trip has been paid for potentially by their employer or by an abortion fund, they don’t feel they have the freedom to change their mind and refuse the abortion.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, there\u2019s a different level of desperation,\u201d said Mark Cavaliere, executive director of the Southwest Coalition for Life in New Mexico. \u201cThe women that we\u2019re seeing have invested so much. Often times they have gotten a plane ticket and they\u2019ve flown across the state. They\u2019ve gotten hotel rooms and rented rental cars, and by the time they show up at the abortion facility they say they\u2019ve got to catch a plane back in a few hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lauren Muzyka, president and CEO of Sidewalk Advocates for Life, explained,\u00a0\u201cBy the time they\u2019ve made the commitment to that drive, that fight \u2026 it is so much harder to get them to pause. It\u2019s that psychology of influence, commitment, and consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Biden administration, however, appears to be laser-focused on getting women abortions above all else.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Supreme Court overturned\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/em>, nearly half a century of precedent changed overnight,\u201d said Secretary Xavier Becerra. \u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration is committed to protecting women\u2019s lawful access to reproductive health care, including abortion care. President Biden signed not one but two executive orders calling on HHS to take action to meet this moment and we have wasted no time in doing so. Today\u2019s action is yet another important step HHS is taking to protect patients accessing critical care.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed rule will be finalized<\/a> following a 60-day public comment period.<\/p>\n

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The Biden administration has proposed new privacy protections to prohibit the use of women’s health information for investigations or lawsuits regarding out-of-state abortions. The proposed rule would modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to increase privacy surrounding abortion. 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