Friday, February 13. 2004
Wanna bet he invokes the patriot act next?
From the Feminist News Wire (Thanks, Em)....
Note that these are not women involved in the lawsuit. These are women whose doctors are involved in a lawsuit.
The arrogance of the man just blows me away.
Ashcroft Subpoenas Medical Records of Women Who Had Abortions
The Department of Justice has issued a series of subpoenas to hospitals in several major cities demanding the medical records of women who have undergone certain abortion procedures. US Attorney General John Ashcroft is requesting these records in conjunction with legal challenges to the federal abortion procedure ban, signed into law last November. Hospital administrators are resisting turning over the medical records based on patient privacy concerns.
Note that these are not women involved in the lawsuit. These are women whose doctors are involved in a lawsuit.
The arrogance of the man just blows me away.
Since BushCo likes to give out bad news on Friday nights, to miss the weekday news cycles, it figures that 6pm Friday they'd suddenly open a large number of documents for examination. Medical records (which were looked at by a small group of reporters,
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