Protecting Patients and Providers
Overview
Ensuring the safety and privacy of patients and healthcare providers must be a priority for all states. However, with the rapid increase in pregnancy criminalization since the overturning of Roe v. Wade and relentless attacks on the transgender community, this is becoming more and more difficult.
The digital footprint we all leave – from electronic health records and period-tracking apps to GPS tracking – requires states to enact laws ensuring both physical and digital protections for patients and healthcare providers.
Additional Resources
- These model bills include language from privacy bills introduced or passed in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Texas
- SiX’s Data Privacy One-Pager provides a quick backgrounder on the intersection of data collection and the importance of patients privacy along with state examples.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation article “Location Tracking Tools Endanger Abortion Access. Lawmakers Must Act Now” provides immediate steps that lawmakers can take.