Abortion Care

HIPAA’s Reproductive Health Rule Is Vacated Nationally

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on June 18, 2025, issued an order vacating the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, published on April 26, 2024, which amended the Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (Reproductive Health Rule or Rule). The decision left intact amendments to the HIPAA rule regarding certain Notice of Privacy Practice provisions pertaining to substance use disorder regulations.
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Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics

Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her body functioning well enough to support her developing fetus. On June 13, 2025, her premature baby, named Chance, was born via cesarean section at 25 weeks.
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Gov. Whitmer Takes Action to Protect Full Access to Reproductive Health Care in Michigan, LARA Instructs Michigan Hospitals to Provide Care

Letter from Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to Michigan hospitals reminds providers the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act is still in effect as federal administration revokes guidance and threatens access to emergency reproductive care, putting lives at risk
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This abortion method doesn’t involve doctors — and many of them consider it safe

For nearly four years, Dr. Maya Bass's commute included a monthly plane ride from Philadelphia to Oklahoma to provide abortions at a clinic there. Starting in 2018, she took these trips even though flying made her nauseous and she had to use vacation time from her regular job. Bass was motivated to fill a gap: Oklahoma — like all parts of the U.S. outside of a fraction of metropolitan areas — has long had a shortage of abortion providers.
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