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The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule on major cases in the coming weeks. Our Health Talks experts break down the top 5 cases with significant impacts on public health and health policy law, ranging from reproductive rights to addressing homelessness. 🔗 Watch: https://ow.ly/5KGS50Sbbzp cc: James G. Hodge, Jr. Jennifer Piatt #ASUCollegeOfHealthSolutions #HealthLaw #HealthPolicy #SupremeCourt

On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights announced its final rule entitled “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy,” effective December 23, 2024. The rule enhances privacy protections for reproductive health services, including abortion care, by limiting the disclosure of protected health information. For more details, read this Dobbs Decision Resource Center alert by #Shipman’s Joan Feldman and Marc Lombardi.   🔔 https://lnkd.in/e_CJDxuN   #Dobbs #HIPAA #ReproductiveRights #HealthCare #HealthLaw

On April 26, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Final 2024 Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (the “Rule”). The Rule was developed in response to the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the precedents protecting a constitutional right to abortion. The Rule amends the provisions to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to strengthen privacy protections about the disclosure of protected health information (“PHI”) related to the reproductive health care of an individual for non-health care purposes. Click here to read the full alert: https://bit.ly/3wVYYyt #HIPAA #EmployeeBenefits #HHS #ReproductiveHealthCare #HIPAAPrivacyRule

Today is #PowHerTheVote Day of Action. I'm going to #PowHerTheVote for Prop 1 to ensure that abortion is enshrined in the New York State Constitution so that our reproductive freedom is guaranteed for our grandchildren and future generations. Share the reason you will #PowHerTheVote. Find graphics, video clips, and sample captions to use in our Toolkit.https://https://lnkd.in/eXwZuSiN. #PowHerNY,

Being able to make decisions about your health is one of the most basic pillars of personhood. You create the dominion over your own body. In Idaho v. US, Idaho argues that a federal statute (whose acronym is EMTALA) put into place to prevent people from being thrown out of ERs and materially deteriorating because no one wants to treat them, just doesn’t count when it comes to pregnant women who are in the throes of a medical emergency that requires an abortion as life-saving care. Why? because Idaho’s near total abortion ban forbids it, until a woman has materially deteriorated enough that a group of non-doctors can decide whether or not she is sick enough to have an abortion. Or, the doctor, who is subject to criminal penalties and the loss of their livelihood for providing abortions, can use their “subjective judgment” and roll the dice and see, if, after the fact, the government agreed with that judgment. So, to recap: IDAHO: pregnant women having a pregnancy related health care emergency need to be staring at their death to get an abortion. GOVERNMENT: Hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid must provide care, including abortions, to people in health emergencies so they never have to unnecessarily stare at their death. States don’t get to ignore Federal law to take away people’s rights. We’ve seen how that works out and that’s why we have the 14A. And it was also about reproductive justice in 1868 too. Was so thrilled to be able to have Peggy Cooper Davis cited to that last point, as well as so many other beautiful minds on the question of reproductive justice and race. Idaho v. U.S will be argued on April 24. I hope you will listen to the arguments. I know we already know, but there are a lot of lives at stake. #EMTALA #personhoodisforpeople

 Reproductive Justice Briefing Book: A Primer on Reproductive Justice and Social Change - PDF: https://lnkd.in/eKwTCUsp

Healthcare is a human right

Interstate travel plays a key role in expanding or restricting abortion access and has gained increased attention following the Dobbs v. Jackson decision. As the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continue to monitor rulings and propose new guidelines regarding reproductive health, it's crucial to stay updated on what is impacting HIPAA compliance. Further info in the link in the comments below. #HIPAA #Healthcare #Reproductivehealth #Reproductiverights

To further advocate fundamental rights, #Laos is taking steps to promote family planning in rural areas by empowering youth, especially girls, with access to education and reproductive health services. Read the op-ed: https://buff.ly/3xeQEKg

New from the RISE team + collaborators in the latest American Journal of Public Health! Our editorial highlights the persistence, resilience, and collective care of those in the South striving for reproductive autonomy in the face of restrictive abortion policies. Read it here: https://bit.ly/3Xuz6Ep