“In a sharp departure from its past insistence on the sanctity of medical records, the Bush administration has set forth a new, more limited view of privacy rights as it tries to force hospitals and clinics to turn over records of hundreds and perhaps thousands of abortions.” However, a decision by Judge Phyllis J. Hamlton, U.S, District Court, Nothern District of California, March 5, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., v. John Ashcroft, denied the government’s motion for discovery.
Statement by the President, April 21, 2001: “I believe that we must protect both vital health care services and the right of every American to have confidence that his or her personal medical records will remain private.”
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