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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

These days in certain US states a court could use this date as a starting point to say the abortion pills you used a few months later were for a pregnancy that must have been over six weeks. Or the same doctor could deny you the pills. Even though you might just have very long or very short cycles.

[–] NathanRanch@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Does HIPPAA block this info without court action? Can an investigator just ask and be told?

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

It varies by state and then it varies by case. In some of these cases, it was the nurses that reported these women to the police.

Hundreds of US women charged with pregnancy-related crimes since fall of Roe

The report indicates there are far more cases of miscarriage criminalization than have made national headlines. In one widely covered case in late 2023, police charged an Ohio woman with felony abuse of a corpse after she miscarried into a toilet. In another, earlier this year, a Georgia woman who had been found bleeding and unconscious after a miscarriage faced one count of concealing the death of another person, and one count of throwing away or abandonment of a dead body. The charges against both women were ultimately dropped.

Nine cases discovered by Pregnancy Justice involved allegations that women had considered abortions, such as ordering abortion pills or looking for information about abortion online. Only one woman in those cases was charged with violating a criminal abortion ban, likely because it is legal in most states to β€œself-manage” one’s own abortion. US abortion bans tend to penalize providers and people who help abortion patients, not the patients themselves.

In 2025, lawmakers in at least 12 states – including Alabama and Oklahoma – introduced legislation that would treat fetuses as people, which would leave women who have abortions vulnerable to being charged with homicide. In several of those states, that charge would carry the death penalty.

β€œWhat our work has proven is that, unfortunately, anything is possible when it comes to policing pregnancy,” Sussman said.

[–] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 3 points 2 days ago

What guarantee do you have that those rules won't be revised? Or that someone won't hack & leak it?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

remember it's Hippa the HIPAA Hippo

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes this type of information is covered by HIPAA and should never be disclosed without a warrant.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

Just because it shouldn't be disclosed doesn't mean it's never disclosed.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

It's HIPAA, not HIPPA and if she or the doctor are being charged with a crime, court is presumably involved.