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[quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/14/youngkin-menstrual-data-abortion-virginia/
[QUOTE]S.B. 852, proposed by Sen. Barbara A. Favola (D-Arlington), [b]would have prohibited search warrants from being issued for menstrual data[/b] stored on computers or other electronic devices. The measure sailed out of the Democratic-led Senate last week on a 31-9 vote, with every Democrat and half of the chamber’s 18 Republicans in support.

But a Republican-led House subcommittee voted along party lines Monday to “table” the bill — essentially killing it — after Maggie Cleary, Youngkin’s deputy secretary of public safety and homeland security, detailed the administration’s concerns that the measure could restrict subpoena powers.

“While the administration understands the importance of individuals’ privacy, we do oppose this bill,” she began. “This bill would be the very first of its kind that I’m aware of — in Virginia or anywhere — that would set a limit on what search warrants can do.[/QUOTE]

So in what cases would the government need a search warrant for health care information? Why can't this exception be stipulated unless you envision a purpose for needing it in the future? Obviously, abortion rights folks are concerned.

There's another bill working it's way through the legislative process that prevents selling that data, but it still leaves it open to subpoena.

[QUOTE]The House has yet to act on another Senate bill, brought by Sen. Scott A. Surovell (D-Fairfax), that would prohibit the sale or dissemination of menstrual data to third parties without the consumer’s consent. Surovell said that measure, S.B. 1243, would not prevent disclosure to law enforcement.

Surovell’s bill would prevent the governor from extraditing someone who obtains legal abortion services in Virginia to a state that seeks to prevent its citizens from going out of state for procedures banned at home./QUOTE]

There are over 1000 comments on the wapo article, so clearly a lot of opinions out there.

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