On June 25, 2024, the Final Rule issued by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) that amended the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became effective as a means of further protecting personal health information (PHI) related to reproductive healthcare privacy. Following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs
In today’s post-Roe world, women living in states where abortion is illegal have begun to search for alternative options when seeking abortion services. Regulatory policies and state laws, which have not previously had to account for these alternatives, are now impacted by the unprecedented means being used to increase access.
At present, more than