Planned Parenthood Sues Over Records Request in Indiana

Planned Parenthood of Indiana has sued the state's attorney general, trying to prevent him from seizing the medical records of more than 80 patients from its clinics, echoing a fight over medical records in Kansas.
Staci Schneider, a spokeswoman for the attorney general, Stephen Carter, said that his office this month requested the records of some patients, younger than 14 years of age, as part of an investigation into accusations that some clinics had failed to report cases of sexually molesting children to the proper authorities. Under state law, anyone under 14 who is sexually active is considered a victim of sexual abuse.
..."This is all a strategy," said Karen Pearl, the interim president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "The strategy is to intimidate providers of reproductive health services and to make it more uncomfortable for women who are seeking services."
In Kansas, Attorney General Phill Kline, who staunchly opposes abortion, is fighting in court with two clinics, seeking the medical records of 90 women and girls who have had late-term abortions there. While 31 states have laws against such procedures, Kansas law permits them if the pregnant woman's health is endangered.