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Health Care Providers

Learn more about your rights as a health care provider regarding law enforcement and your medical work.

Last Updated: September 2, 2025

Overview

By criminalizing the provision of essential reproductive health care, politicians and prosecutors deny the humanity of people who become pregnant, seeking to control their bodies and determine their futures. The information in this page pertains to interactions between criminal law enforcement and health care providers. It might not apply to administrative inspections conducted by state licensing officials or other members of the state’s medical regulatory authorities. Depending on your state’s laws, you may be required to allow officials from these state agencies access to your place of employment or provide them with information.

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