US EditionAbortion Providers Say Missouri's Attorney General Is Trying to Get Patient Records
The Missouri Attorney General seeks patient records to uphold abortion restrictions while courts limit data disclosure to minimum required health information.
- On October 7, 2025, the Missouri Attorney General's Office subpoenaed Planned Parenthood for patient medical records, incident reports and communications to support abortion regulations, issuing subpoenas since late August.
- Last month, the Missouri Court of Appeals allowed the Missouri Attorney General's Office to subpoena patient health information in a case involving the Washington University Transgender Center, reversing a ruling from last year and accepting the office's argument it qualifies as a "health oversight agency."
- Court filings show the state asked for electronic health records and patient lists, incident reports, 'adverse event documentation', communications about care, clinical protocols, and equipment records.
- Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Missouri sued to challenge state abortion regulations, arguing they unconstitutionally burden patients and providers while procedural abortions continue at clinics in Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis and medication abortions remain on hold.
- The dispute has statewide and national implications as last November Missourians approved a constitutional amendment protecting abortion until fetal viability amid broader changes since the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision and twelve states banning abortion at any stage.
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Abortion providers say Missouri’s attorney general is trying to get patient records
By JOHN HANNA Missouri’s Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of Planned Parenthood patients who’ve had abortions, officials who oversee clinics in Kansas City and St. Louis said in legal filings. Related Articles Democrats in governors races see political opportunity amid government shutdown A judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to change teen pregnancy prevention programs …
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Abortion providers say Missouri's attorney general is trying to get patient records
Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.
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KTTN-FM 92.3 and KGOZ -FM 101.7 Serving north Missouri…Missouri AG subpoenas Planned Parenthood for patient abortion records
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is demanding health records of Planned Parenthood abortion patients
Missouri attorney general demands Planned Parenthood hand over abortion patient records
The office of Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is subpoenaing patient medical records, incident reports, “adverse event documentation” and more from Planned Parenthood. The organization called the request "nothing more than an attempt to harass" them and is fighting back in court.
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