Oklahoma To Share Abortion Info Online
It’s like Facebook for women who have abortions. Or not. Really, I’m not quite sure what the point might be of the Sooner State’s latest law. As of November 1, women who have an abortion will have to fill out a lengthy questionnaire, the answers to which will be posted on a public website. And while the claim is made that none of the questions ask for specifically identifying information such as name or address, it would appear that the first eight questions alone provide enough information to identify the patient in a small community.
According to Keri Parks, director of external affairs at Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma, “they’re really just trying to frighten women out of having abortions.” Supporters say they want the information made available for “academic research,” but the Center for Reproductive Rights says that the way the data would be collected would make it useless for such research.
So what will all this useless data that could be used to identify women who have an abortion really cost? More than $200,000 per year, just to maintain the website. That’s a lot of money that could go towards paying for education, support services, and, yes, even free condoms to reduce the number of abortions that are performed.
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3 Comments
NC Mom commented on Oct 09 09 at 4:31 pmI simply don’t understand how this law is legal. How is this not a violation of HIPAA? Those who created this law should be ashamed of themselves, such a blatant disregard of personal information is horrifying. Yes, their name is missing, but it’s enough information for those in a small town to generate some very upsetting gossip.
Ali commented on Oct 09 09 at 4:41 pmThe women who have to fill out those forms should be encouraged to fill them out using the private data of the wives of the anti-choice movement leaders. See how they like it.
Marj commented on Oct 09 09 at 6:26 pmOh you know, make up answers.
