Biden Admin Tightens HIPAA Restrictions to Keep Abortion Records out of Criminal Probes by Matt McGregor – US Politics News

The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has modified a patient privacy law to prevent abortion records from being accessed for investigations.
The HHS, working with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), enacted what it called the “HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy” for protected health information (PHI).
“Many Americans are scared their private medical information will be being shared, misused, and disclosed without permission,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a press release.  “This has a chilling effect on women visiting a doctor, picking up a prescription from a pharmacy, or taking other necessary actions to support their health.”…