Bills expanding privacy for abortion medical records and access to birth control services passed in the final days of the General Assembly’s spring session.
One bill is an initiative from the governor’s office and would create the Reproductive Health Privacy Act requiring the separation of information about abortion services or diagnoses of gender dysphoria from a patient’s digital medical records if a patient chooses.
Lawmakers also passed a bill that expands access to birth control for minors, allowing them to consent to birth control without additional consent from a parent or guardian.
Under existing law, young people can consent to birth control without a parents’ consent but only under specific circumstances, such as if they’re married or already a parent.
