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California's Prop 4 Jeopardizes the Doctor-Patient Relationship

By Carole Joffe and Dr. Eleanor Drey

November 2, 2008 - 4:49pm

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Dr. Eleanor Drey, an OBGYN from California, says that Proposition 4 would place the duties of police and detectives in the hands of doctors, jeopardizing the crucial doctor-patient relationship.

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On Privacy

By Dr. Paula Hillard, Physicians for Reproductive Choice & Health

October 20, 2008 - 7:00am

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The Supreme Court first established this right to privacy more than a century ago, and most Americans take it for granted every time they visit a doctor. Yet today I find myself having to defend this right on behalf of my patients.

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Eighth Circuit Rules South Dakota Abortion Law Is Likely Constitutional

By Emily Douglas

June 27, 2008 - 12:53pm

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The Eighth Circuit has lifted a preliminary injunction against a South Dakota law that requires doctors to inform patients seeking abortion care that that abortion would "terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being."

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