[Vision2020] Asscroft strikes again.
Art Deco aka W. Fox
deco@moscow.com
Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:06:32 -0800
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Joan, et al,
I would have thought that strong personal tastes and inclinations would have
led Ashcroft to seek proctologists' rather than abortion providers' records.
Art Deco (Wayne Fox)
deco@moscow.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Joan Opyr
To: Vision2020 Moscow
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:29 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Asscroft strikes again.
Dear Visionaries:
Whether you're pro-choice or anti-choice, here's a little something to
think about: John Ashcroft pawing through your medical records. And no,
that wasn't a typo in the subject line.
Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
From www.salon.com:
Judge orders abortion records turned over in New York
March 20, 2004 | NEW YORK -- A New York hospital has been ordered to
turn over abortion records to the Justice Department, which is seeking them
for its legal battle over the Partial-Birth Abortion Act.
Manhattan federal Judge Richard Casey ruled Thursday that New
York-Presbyterian Hospital must comply with the Justice Department's
request.
Judges in other jurisdictions, including Chicago and San Francisco, have
refused in recent weeks to order abortion records released from hospitals
there. The government has since dropped its effort to subpoena records from
Planned Parenthood.
But a federal judge last week ordered the University of Michigan Health
System to turn over its records for possible inclusion in the case.
Legal observers say that because of the divergent rulings, the U.S.
Supreme Court may ultimately have to rule on the issue.
Casey said the records are not covered by federal privacy laws because
information identifying the women who received the abortions could be
deleted. New York-Presbyterian Hospital said it was considering an appeal.
The government has sought the records as it prepares to defend the
Partial-Birth Abortion Act, signed into law last year by President Bush,
against a lawsuit filed by the National Abortion Federation and seven
doctors to block its enforcement.
The plaintiffs have argued that the law must be struck down for failing to
permit certain late-term abortions to protect women's health. The Justice
Department says it needs to review medical records to examine whether the
abortions are ever medically needed.
Simultaneous trials on the issue are set to begin March 29 in New York,
Omaha, Neb., and San Francisco.
The law, passed last year, forbids a procedure generally performed in the
second or third trimester in which a fetus is partially delivered before
being killed, usually by puncturing its skull. Anti-abortion activists call
the procedure "partial-birth abortion."
An estimated 2,200 to 5,000 such abortions are performed annually in the
United States, out of 1.3 million total abortions.
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<DIV><FONT size=3D3>I would have thought that strong personal tastes and =
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providers' records.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>Art Deco (Wayne Fox)<BR><A=20
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<DIV>Dear Visionaries:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Whether you're pro-choice or anti-choice, here's a little =
something to=20
think about: John Ashcroft pawing through your medical records. =
And no,=20
that wasn't a typo in the subject line.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment</DIV>
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<DIV>From <A =
href=3D"http://www.salon.com">www.salon.com</A>:</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D5>Judge orders abortion records turned over in New=20
York<BR></FONT><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"=20
size=3D2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2>March 20, 2004=20
| </FONT> <FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif"=20
size=3D1>NEW YORK -- </FONT><!-- end default pre content --><FONT=20
face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>A New York hospital =
has been=20
ordered to turn over abortion records to the Justice Department, which =
is=20
seeking them for its legal battle over the Partial-Birth Abortion Act. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>Manhattan =
federal Judge=20
Richard Casey ruled Thursday that New York-Presbyterian Hospital must =
comply=20
with the Justice Department's request. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>Judges in =
other=20
jurisdictions, including Chicago and San Francisco, have refused in =
recent=20
weeks to order abortion records released from hospitals there. The =
government=20
has since dropped its effort to subpoena records from Planned =
Parenthood.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>But a =
federal judge=20
last week ordered the University of Michigan Health System to turn =
over its=20
records for possible inclusion in the case. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>Legal =
observers say=20
that because of the divergent rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court may =
ultimately=20
have to rule on the issue. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>Casey said =
the records=20
are not covered by federal privacy laws because information =
identifying the=20
women who received the abortions could be deleted. New =
York-Presbyterian=20
Hospital said it was considering an appeal. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>The =
government has=20
sought the records as it prepares to defend the Partial-Birth Abortion =
Act,=20
signed into law last year by President Bush, against a lawsuit filed =
by the=20
National Abortion Federation and seven doctors to block its =
enforcement.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>The =
plaintiffs have=20
argued that the law must be struck down for failing to permit certain=20
late-term abortions to protect women's health. The Justice Department =
says it=20
needs to review medical records to examine whether the abortions are =
ever=20
medically needed. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3>Simultaneous trials on=20
the issue are set to begin March 29 in New York, Omaha, Neb., and San=20
Francisco. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>The law, =
passed last=20
year, forbids a procedure generally performed in the second or third =
trimester=20
in which a fetus is partially delivered before being killed, usually =
by=20
puncturing its skull. Anti-abortion activists call the procedure=20
"partial-birth abortion." </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" =
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"times new roman, times, serif" size=3D3>An =
estimated 2,200 to=20
5,000 such abortions are performed annually in the United States, out =
of 1.3=20
million total abortions. </FONT></DIV><BR clear=3Dall>
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