Senators in Missouri are moving to hold the president of a St Louis-area Planned Parenthood affiliate in contempt of court – under threat of jail time – for refusing to submit private medical documents.
The move comes after the state general assembly’s committee on the sanctity of life subpoenaed documents from Mary Kogut, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, in an investigation into her organization.
The subpoena, issued in November, called for Kogut to turn over any and all consent forms signed by the patient in the process of receiving abortion care at the St Louis affiliate. It also seeks documents that make reference to Dr Mary Gatter and Dr Deborah Nucatola, two Planned Parenthood staff members who are prominently featured in widely debunked “sting” videos by the activist group the Center for Medical Progress (CMP). The videos alleged that Planned Parenthood affiliate health centers throughout the US were engaging in the illegal sale of fetal tissue donation.
A lawyer responded on behalf of Planned Parenthood that the committee did not have the authority to subpoena these documents, and that handing them over would violate federal privacy law.
Despite these legal objections, the Missouri senate will begin a hearing Tuesday to introduce a bill determining whether Kogut should be found in contempt.
Amazing to see the impact those doctored videos continue to have despite the fact that they were proven to be full of lies and incredibly misleading.
The Republicans will not stop until there is not one clinic left to provide abortion services to women in this country despite the fact that they are perfectly legal.
Christian politicians need to stop making laws. What, public shaming of women getting abortions?
ReplyDeleteSenators in Missouri are going after PP for not violating HIPAA laws. This should be a no-show. Shouldn't have ever got this far.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting case from the standpoint of HIPAA, or at least it is to those of us involved in the health industry.
ReplyDeleteMake no mistake, though,this is just the Republican Missouri legislature throwing their weight around, and just like all of the other misguided efforts we have seen Republican legislatures across this country take fighting this manufactured mirage, this one will end up as a disastrous failure that will cost its state's taxpayers millions. Count on it.
And speaking of the manufacturers of this right wing fantasy, I was happy to see that "Authorities raid anti-abortion video maker David Daleiden’s California home", to quote a RawStory headline of this morning.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) will not allow such an action. End of story.
ReplyDelete5:26, they'll just claim they are investigating a crime.
DeleteIf only they would put as much effort and money into pregnancy prevention measures..
ReplyDeleteThese same types are against birth control also.
DeleteAnd a presidential candidate running as a Democrat, Bernard Sanders, says women's healthcare and reproductive rights aren't an important issue.
ReplyDeleteIf women want to protect their rights to choose and their rights to access birth control they better get busy and figure out how to protect those rights with their votes.
OT-dRumpf on his daughter at age 1....
ReplyDelete“Well, I think that she’s got a lot of Marla,” Trump says. “She’s a really beautiful baby, and she’s got, uh, Marla’s legs.”
“We don’t know whether she’s got this part yet,” he continued, cupping his chest. “But time will tell.”
YUK!
yuk is right. And the first daughter, Ivankala, got her line of made in china scarves confiscated because they failed the bare minimum fire retardant standards. Everyone's picking on poor Trumps, boo hoo.
DeleteActivist Claims His Planned Parenthood Videos Were Seized in Politically Motivated Raid
ReplyDeleteDavid Daleiden, a Pro-Life activist and founder of the Center for Medical Progress, claims his home was raided by agents from the California Department of Justice who seized all of his undercover video footage that allegedly shows Planned Parenthood personnel negotiating the sale of fetal body parts.
http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/anti-abortion-activist-claims-his-videos-were-seized-in-politically-motivated-raid/
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/california-investigators-search-daleidens-home-221604#ixzz4509CzRDc
DeleteTit for tat, Daleiden. Your video was politically motivated, after all!
DeleteOT-“I think I’d be a lot more upset that women are going to get a lot more abortions if we don’t close our border with Mexico and bring in all of Latin American rape culture.”
ReplyDeleteAnn Coulter
These same people are also opposed to not only birth control but also to every child born having the basic necessities of life in order to thrive.
ReplyDeleteExcept their own, 8:58. And then they want everything free from Uncle Sam.
DeletePoint taken today> "vitriolic haters who call for genocide and the enslavement of women and are let off the hook unchallenged."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.stonekettle.com/2012/03/why-i-talk-to-loons.html
I'd like to see PP counter sue that legislature for obstruction of standard medical procedure. And that DD fella should spend the rest of his days contemplating his navel.
ReplyDeleteThere aught to be a law protecting a patient's private medical records..... oh wait, there already is! Silly me.
ReplyDeleteI think PP should give them a form for each patient. With all the information redacted, so the legislators get a form with absolutely zero information on it.
ReplyDeleteOh HELL no! That, to me, would be like answering ANY question while trying to plead the Fifth! It opens them up to demands for more and also makes it easier to really hit them with contempt charges. Not that they would work, either.
Delete