Cybersecurity Policy Report, Bicameral Legislation Would Provide New Protections for Reproductive Health Data, (Jun 29, 2026)
Legislation that would restrict the collection and disclosure of reproductive health data has been introduced in the House and Senate.
The House version of the Secure Access for Essential Reproductive (SAFER) Health Act (H.R. 9470, 119th Cong. (2026)) was introduced by Reps. Sara Jacobs (D., Calif.) and is co-sponsored by Jennifer McClellan (D., Va.).
The Senate version (S.B. 4920, 119th Cong. (2026)) was introduced by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) and has 13 Democratic co-sponsors.
Rep. Jacobs and Sen. Hirono previously introduced similar legislation, the My Body, My Data Act, in 2022, 2023, and 2025 in response to concerns that the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which allowed individual states to impose new restrictions and criminal penalties on abortions and related care, would encourage authorities to seek out individuals’ reproductive health data to investigate violations of abortion laws (CPR, June 13, 2025).
“Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republican states have charged hundreds of people with pregnancy-related crimes. In many cases, health care providers disclosed medical information to law enforcement authorities, allowing them to pursue criminal charges,” Rep. Jacobs noted in a news release.
“The SAFER Health Act would guarantee that when someone seeks care—for an abortion, a miscarriage, or pregnancy loss—that information stays between the patient and doctor,” she said. “Privacy is the foundation for good health care, and we need the protections in the SAFER Act to keep it that way.”
The legislation would prohibit entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act “from disclosing personal health information related to pregnancy termination or loss ... without valid authorization from the patient,” according to the news release, and would apply to “federal, State, local, or Tribal proceedings, including civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative proceedings.”
The bill was endorsed by the National Partnership for Women and Families, Reproductive Freedom for All, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Center for Reproductive Rights, Physicians for Reproductive Health, National Network of Abortion Funds, National Council of Jewish Women, The Guttmacher Institute, and Power to Decide.
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