New York City has made public the names of thousands of women who had either miscarriages, stillbirths or possibly abortions, raising concerns about medical privacy
Medical ethicists say publishing such information on Hart Island cemetery is an invasion of privacy that could cause harmFor nearly a decade, New York City has made public the names of thousands of women who had either miscarriages, stillbirths or possibly abortions between 1981 and 2017, raising alarms among medical privacy experts.
The information is included in burial records for Hart Island, one of the largest public cemeteries in the country and a potter’s field for unclaimed bodies and deceased low-income city residents.
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