The legal question (for courts) is also: is this just a bad idea to set as precedent? Regardless of whether it was technically medical or evidentiary, it's ast

The legal question (for courts) is also: is this just a bad idea to set as precedent? Regardless of whether it was technically medical or evidentiary, it's astoundingly stupid (from both a judicial and ethical standpoint) to provide any disincentive to a woman getting a rape kit ffs. Note also: HIPAA hardly protects anything. Not clear at all that it would apply in this case no matter what. HIPAA is unfortunately mostly a scary word that people use as a rhetorical device to win arguments.