Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri said it has filed a lawsuit today in the St. Louis Circuit Court against Missouri’s attorney general. The organization is suing over an investigation into its transgender healthcare program.
In a news release, Planned Parenthood said Attorney General Andrew Bailey has sent a Civil Investigative Demand with more than 50 demands, pursuing HIPAA-protected patient health information and every document that references “social media” or “Tik Tok.”
“Planned Parenthood knows this playbook well, and we’ll move forward just like we have in every other sham investigation — we’ll continue providing expert and evidence-based health care while we fight in court. This investigation is what ignorance and transphobia look like, and they have no place in our exam rooms,” said Yamelsie Rodríguez, president and CEO, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri. “To our trans and non-binary patients: our doors remain open to you. We are not backing down.”
Planned Parenthood said its transgender healthcare program has provided care to more than 1,000 patients.
In a response to Missourinet, Bailey’s office said Planned Parenthood was asked to provide “basic documents to explain several things, including why its procedures depart so far from any recognized standard of care.”
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