Justice Department demands access to medical records: Attorney general tells abortion-rights advocates that doctor-patient privacy is not threatened From: Charleston Gazette | Date: February 13, 2004| Author: David Crary | Copyright 2004 Charleston Gazette. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

NEW YORK - Under fire from abortion-rights groups, Attorney General John Ashcroft insisted Thursday that doctor-patient privacy is not threatened by a government attempt to subpoena medical records in a lawsuit over the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

At stake are records documenting certain late-term abortions performed by doctors who have joined in a legal challenge of the disputed ban. President Bush signed the act into law last year.

Critics of the subpoenas accuse the Justi...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	United States: Justice Department drops efforts to obtain abortion records.(North America)(Brief Article) off our backs ; ... spokeswoman says the hospital is very pleased with the Justice Department's decision and says we will always do our utmost to protect the privacy of our patients' confidential medical records. --info from CNN.com news compiled by Sena Christian Chris Bunyan
	FEDS: PRICE OF PRIVACY MAY BE TOO HIGH FBI, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAY PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY BILLS WOULD THREATEN FRAUD CRACKDOWN. Modern Healthcare ; Efforts to protect patient privacy could have a ``devastating effect'' on healthcare fraud-fighting efforts, federal law enforcers said last week. At a Senate hearing on patient privacy issues, officials from the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department told the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
	Analysis: Justice Department seeking the medical records from six different Planned Parenthood sites Morning Edition (NPR) ; BOB EDWARDS Morning Edition (NPR) 02-27-2004 Analysis: Justice Department seeking the medical records from six different Planned Parenthood sites Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 10:00-11:00 AM BOB EDWARDS, host: The Justice Department is seeking the medical records of several hundred women who had
	Planned Parenthood will fight Justice Department subpoenas. Kansas City Star ; Byline: Alan Bavley KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Planned Parenthood affiliates in Kansas City and five other locations say they will fight Justice Department subpoenas to turn over medical records of hundreds of women who received abortions. The Justice Department says the records are needed to defend the
	Planned Parenthood will fight Justice Department subpoenas.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; Byline: Alan Bavley KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Planned Parenthood affiliates in Kansas City and five other locations say they will fight Justice Department subpoenas to turn over medical records of hundreds of women who received abortions. The Justice Department says the records are needed to defend the

See all results.