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Nichtcrawler-X posted...

No, still a dereliction of duty. Doctors have no requirement to reports things to the government, professional secrecy is a thing.

That was the original basis for the ruling in Roe v. Wade. The final verdict was that, because the government has no right to know what happens between a patient and their doctor unless the patient is willing to share it, the government has no right to prohibit doctors from providing abortions. Roe v. Wade, however, has been thrown out, so the official position of the US Supreme Court is that the principle of medical privacy does not prevent the government from requiring doctors to report things or prohibiting certain treatments.

As much as many people see it as simply letting states ban abortion, the consequences of throwing out Roe v. Wade reach far, far further than that. It's a very big deal.