Biden administration strengthens privacy protections for abortion seekers and providers.

The White House has proposed a new federal rule to limit how law enforcement and state officials collect medical records if they investigate women who flee their home states to seek abortions elsewhere. The proposed rule would prohibit health care organizations from sharing personal medical records with authorities for investigations related to reproductive care in states where a woman legally obtained an abortion. The Cabinet will also strategize responses to statewide bans on abortion and Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s order to pull the abortion pill mifepristone off the market, which threatens to upend abortion access for the entire country by Friday if another court doesn’t step in.