In Support of restoring the Privacy Rule (HIPPA)- Tracie Burke for the US Senate
Restoring Privacy rights is an important issue. As a U.S. Senator, I will work to restore all of HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA protected health information, established standards for electronic healthcare transactions, and ensured the portability of health insurance coverage. Also, it protected the confidentiality and security of patient data. Key components included the Privacy Rule. It set limits on using health information. Additionally, the Security Rule established national standards for protecting electronic personal health information. We must restore these protections for women.
The total abortion ban in Louisiana is a programmatic failure with devastating consequences.
Evidence shows that restricting access to abortions does not reduce the number of abortions. Nevertheless, it does affect whether the abortions are safe. The proportion of unsafe abortions are significantly higher with highly restrictive abortion laws than with less restrictive laws.
Conclusively, this research reveals that Louisiana’s abortion bans erode clinician’s ability to use their best medical judgment to treat patients. They cause delays and denials of abortion care. These bans postpone prenatal care. They also create dual loyalty for clinicians who must navigate their duty to patients and fear of criminalization. The report’s findings also underscore how the bans disproportionately harm historically marginalized communities and groups in the state. Based on these findings, the report outlines specific recommendations to state and federal governments. It provides guidance to Louisiana hospitals and health care professionals. It also addresses medical associations and international human rights mechanisms on how to tackle these harms.
In the wake of Louisiana’s abortion ban, women have had risky, unnecessary surgeries. They have been denied swift treatment for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies. Women had to to wait until their life was at risk before getting an abortion. These effects are particularly acute. They occur in a state already suffering from one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the U.S. Louisiana’s total ban on abortion includes rape and incest.
Restoring the Privacy Rule
Restoring privacy rights, particularly during no viability, is a step in the right direction. Of course, taxpayers should not have to fund non emergency induced abortions. Likewise in turn, we have no right infringing upon women’s privacy during the non viability stage. For this reason I support restoring all of HIPPA
Sadly, abortion bans are changing pregnancy care and worsening maternal health. Louisiana’s total ban is impeding emergency health care. It is infringing on reproductive and human rights.
As a U.S. Senator, I will promote laws that restore HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
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