Ohio Judge:Turn over abortion files-Ruling goes against Planned Parenthood

Judge: Turn over abortion files
Ruling goes against Planned Parenthood
BY SHARON COOLIDGE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

A judge ordered the Cincinnati Planned Parenthood Clinic on Wednesday to turn over all records for abortion patients under 18 to the lawyers for the family of a teen who had an abortion at the clinic.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Patrick Dinkelacker's decision is believed to be only the second time a Planned Parenthood clinic has been ordered to make records available, and the first time during a civil case.

Attorney Brian Hurley, who represents the family, said the information is needed to determine whether the abortion given to his client without parental consent is an isolated issue or a pattern of activity. He said the patients' names will be blacked out on their records.

Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region will appeal, said Becki Brenner, the clinic's president and CEO. That likely means the documents won't be released until the appeals process is complete.

Appeals could take years.

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Hopefully the decision will be overturned on appeal.

Thanks for posting.

Sid

this is just more chipping away at the effectiveness of roe.

you cannot protect women's right -- health, repreduction or anything else one body part at a time.

police. Who knows what harm could come to some of them just because the stupid wingers live in a blackand white world? :(

I don't know... just curious.

But this ruling whereby Planned Parenthood has to turn over medical records of abortions really opens up the slippery slope towards overturning privacy rights (the issue upon which Roe is based).

This is really troubling.

Last year, I took my son to a new doctor. The questionnaire was very long and asked some very odd and fundie sounding questions including one on abortion. Like why do they need to know all this stuff about the patients PARENT?! I lied about most of the questions, since I figured most of them were NONE of their god damned business! Yeah, I probably should have left, but I've heard great things about the doc my kid was seeing, plus the office is very close to home and they have evening hours in case of an emergency. :shrug:

I sure as hell wouldn't want my daughter's medical records to be handed over. They tap our phones, spy on us, lose our personal data and now they want to open up the medical records of minors because their teen got an abortion without their consent.

This will get turned into a political wedge issue. :grr: To hell with the right to privacy.