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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Ohio Woman Who Miscarried at Home (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 34 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if the hospital violated HIPPA by giving the police her private medical information?

[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does this BS law make medical staff mandatory reporters? Mandatory reporting laws should go around privacy laws.

[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

I dunno but WTF were they expecting? Was she supposed to fish the bloody blob out of toilet and bring it in so they cab run a tox screen on it or something? Check it for coat hanger marks? It’s not like they’re gonna have something that looks like a well formed small baby. This shit is so dumb it would be comical if it wasn’t traumatizing and endangering women

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe. There's loopholes for risks to safety and those loopholes depend on discretion which was seriously lacking in this case. I think it would be unlikely to be successful against a judge, but I also don't think it would be dismissed before trial and I wouldn't want to risk a jury trial if I was a hospital.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I'd say that the risks to her safety from them siccing the police on her far outweigh the risks to her safety from hemorrhaging. But hey, what do I know? I only have just as much medical training as the dipshit municipal court judge who decided to move forward with charges (which is to say, fuck-all)...