New HHS Rule Strengthens Privacy Around US Reproductive Care

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced a final rule that increases privacy protections for people seeking legal reproductive care, such as an abortion, either in their home state or by traveling to another one. The modification to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule also shores up privacy protections for clinicians who have provided those treatments.