Planned Parenthood Loses Medical Records Case: A judge has ruled
against Planned Parenthood of Indiana in a dispute concerning medical
records for 84 girls under the age of fourteen who used Planned
Parenthood clinics. The state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and
Attorney General's office is conducting an investigation to see if the
organization neglected to report cases of child molestation. A law in
Indiana states that any person under the age of fourteen who has
engaged in sex is presumably a victim of molestation. In March 2005, a
representative from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit visited three
Planned Parenthood centers in the state, requesting medical
information about minors who had used the organization's reproductive
services. Prior to filing suit, the organization turned over eight
medical records. Planned Parenthood had argued that the state's
request for the medical records would be an "unreasonable search and
an invasion of privacy." The organization plans to appeal the ruling
and maintains none of the minors had an abortion.
SOURCE: Notes on Church-State Affairs, David W. Hendon and Nathan R.
Lynn JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE, VOLUME 47, SUMMER 2005,
NUMBER 3, P 655
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