Ex-doc dumps abortion files in Kan. recycling bin

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   Stacie Lposted 12 years ago

   Ex-doc dumps abortion files in Kan. recycling bin
   By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press
   TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas abortion provider isn't likely to face criminal charges for discarding hundreds of patients' private medical records in a recycling bin outside an elementary school, but anti-abortion lawmakers called Tuesday for the state Legislature to investigate.
   
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   this type of action is what patients fear most. They are investigating but not arresting him? The patients should sue at least.

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      SomewayOuttaHereposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      wow......
      
      on a side note...Stacie, you post some interesting info....i like checking out your threads...thanks!

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   Eric Newlandposted 12 years ago

   These people don't know how to use paper shredders yet they're authorized to do WHAT???

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      Eric Newlandposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Though really, this has nothing to do with the abortion debate even though people will inevitably try to make that the issue.
      
      It's a gross violation of patient confidentiality. Doesn't matter what kind of doctor did it.

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         Stacie Lposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, it's a frightening thought to think that some *sshole is spilling your personal medical records in a public location for someone to find.

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         wmhoward4posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Abortionists are often held to a lower standard than other medical professionals. It is somehow ironic that Roe v Wade was a case about privacy and made this man's practice possible and now he is sloppy with privacy.

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            psycheskinnerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            What do you base this on?  I think the same rules apply--this one guy broke them.  But they are professional rules that can lead to loss of license, not criminal rules.

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   Express10posted 12 years ago

   The doctor should still be punished whether or not he has his license. The patients may or may not be able to sue. It costs the patient money & time. Just because the doc performed abortions doesn't mean these files were all from abortion procedures. Doctors that perform abortions provide many other services as well. He is wrong to put this confidential info into the garbage, it should have been shredded or stored long-term in a secured facility per the law. He should have repercussions of some painful sort, either monetary or jail time.

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   The doctor will be punished under the rules of his license.  If he didn't have a license he would be in jail already.
   
   I don't see how whether the files related to abortion or not has anything to do with it.

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