An Indiana doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim has asked a judge to stop the Indiana attorney general from accessing patient medical records as part of an investigation into consumer complaints her lawyers have called a “sham.”
was struck down. Since then, legal fighting has intensified and become more politicized as the landscape of abortion access in the United States continues to shift.The hearing is scheduled to continue Monday. Both sides on Friday raised questions of medical privacy, but with substantially different approaches.
“It’s asking very specific information,” said witness Kyle Brothers, a pediatrician bioethics expert from the University of Louisville who reviewed a civil investigative demand from Rokita’s office, which is sealed from the public. Brothers described the request as seeking information such as medical charts, names, addresses and other documentation,Minda Morton traveled to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico to have an abortion in the 1960s. The procedure led to a life-threatening infection.
Bernard’s attorney Kathleen DeLaney told reporters at a news conference after Friday’s hearing that the experts agreed it’s routine and acceptable for doctors to discuss patient cases in a “deidentified way,” leaving out names, dates of birth, county of residence or any other specifically identifying details.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, limits what medical information can be shared without patients’ permission.filed against Rokita by Bernard and her medical partner Amy Caldwell alleging that he failed in his statutory due diligence to investigate whether complaints into Bernard and Caldwell had merit.
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