• @owenfromcanada
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    1476 months ago

    This is likely in the context of abortion bans in some US states. Presumably they still trust the doctor to do a regular checkup for everything else.

    • mozz
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      736 months ago

      And, the doctor may not have a choice. Even if they’re asking for purely medical-history reasons, they may have to put the information into a system (according to their employer or insurance company or for their own records), and that system may be subject to information gathering from hostile parties.