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A judge ordered Planned Parenthood to hand records of transgender care over to Andrew Bailey.

A St. Louis judge has ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is entitled to Planned Parenthood’s transgender care records, ordering the nonprofit to turn over some of its most sensitive files to the man who has built his unelected political career on restricting health care access for trans people.

In his Thursday decision, Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer wrote that Bailey can collect documents under Missouri’s consumer protection statute that aren’t protected under federal mandate, namely the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA.

“It is clear from the statute that the Defendant has the broad investigative powers when the consumer is in possible need of protection and there is no dispute in this matter,” wrote Stelzer. “Therefore, the Defendant is entitled to some of the requested documents within his [Civil Investigative Demand].”

Bailey, who last year attempted to implement a ban on gender-affirming care for people of all ages, was quick to celebrate the decision, calling it a “big day” for the state.

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 118 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

isn't this like, explicitly anti HIPPA (or HIPAA since apparently medical acronyms suck)?

Shouldn't this be like, INCREDIBLY illegal?

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 78 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not like the Christians care but it also violates the fourth

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 months ago

ah yes, a classic, the fourth, i mean the forced amendment.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Silly commie. The 4th amendment is like the 3rd, 7th, and 8th. They’re all outdated silly things that are completely irrelevant to our modern world unlike the 2nd and certain interpretations of the 1st

[–] FilterItOut@thelemmy.club 48 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The ruling specifically said items that aren't protected under federal mandate. When I deal with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) information, just about everything you can imagine in the record is protected if it can be paired with another piece of info and narrow down a person's identity. Scroll down to the 'Protected Health Information'

Hopefully that means they can deny just about every document... but I have no hope when it comes to courts and prosecutors in the states.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

yeah no this definitely seems illegal then. There's no way asking for medical documents of trans people isn't going to reveal personal information about them, unless you're looking for fucking statistics?

[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Given those are the only documents this ruling entitles the AG to, it sounds like statistics are all he’s gonna get.

what a funny time to live in huh

[–] RenegadeTwister@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

No, they're referring to the Health Insurance Portability and Paccountability Act.

the p in hippa stands for accountability

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I thought they were talking about that hungra, hungra animal from Africa.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Go sit in in a personal injury trial and see how worthless HIPPA actually is.

hipaa is one of the things of all time, that's definitely for sure.

But there are also things it's supposed to be doing, so.