HHS, Red States Want Doctors, Liberal Cities Out of Abortion Row (1)

April 15, 2025, 2:44 PM UTCUpdated: April 15, 2025, 9:45 PM UTC

The Trump administration and over a dozen states are trying to keep a physicians group from stepping into a legal battle that could alter Biden-era privacy protections on abortion records.

Doctors for America and the cities of Madison, Wis., and Columbus, Ohio, can’t intervene in the litigation “based on mere speculation that the Federal Government might, in the future, decide to stop defending the challenged federal regulation,” Missouri said in a Monday court filing.

Missouri’s filing comes in its lawsuit against the US Department of Health of Human Services over a 2024 rule applying Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ...

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