Medical privacy
February 13: Charlie Suisman,
writing for Manhattan User's Guide, discusses the DoJ's request for the records of women seeking abortion services. He quotes a DoJ attorney: "Individuals no longer possess a reasonable expectation that their histories will remain completely confidential."
Today, Charlie follows up: He reasons that if medical records aren't private, and Attorney General John Ashcroft has just had his gall bladder out...
Suisman's among the sharpest NYC Web writers, and
MUG is a daily must-read.