The plaintiff alleges that federal regulations providing enhanced privacy protections for medical records and other protected health care information associated with reproductive health care violates the Administrative Procedure Act. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal right to abortion has upended the legal landscape related to reproductive health care, and the potential disclosure of reproductive health care information to law enforcement officials could further chill women from seeking care and providers from delivering high-quality care.
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