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  • PeacefulForest@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldDoctors
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    15 hours ago

    No secret database—just your medical record. But doctors don’t always control why they ask or where that info ends up. For example, in some U.S. states, laws force them to report certain reproductive health details (like abortion complications) to government databases—even if the patient’s issue was unrelated. Add in insurance requirements, EHR hacks, and legal subpoenas, and suddenly your private health data isn’t so private.

    That’s not even mentioning how governments in China or South Korea use that info.


  • If the concern is medications or procedures harmful to a potential pregnancy, why not just ask if they are or have a possibility in being pregnant? Have the woman sign a waiver or some shit if they are that concerned. Some women have PCOS, some women have their ovaries removed, some women have tubal ligation, some women are going through menopause, some women have implantation bleeding. Fact is, periods are confusing and this question doctors ask is invasive, dismissive to other real health concerns, and purely stupid. Anyone that interested in my menstrual cycle is creepy as fuck.