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I just wish we would all stop pretending that everyone's medical info is protected when it clearly isn't...so now we have the worst of both worlds. All the red

• DoreenMichele 3y ago
  When I was in my teens, I chose to go on birth control pills when I became sexually active. Years later, I learned that the pharmacist was a friend of my mother's and told my mother I was on the pill. Fortunately, my mother bit her tongue and said nothing to me until years later and just was glad I was not being stupid and would not end up pregnant out of wedlock. It could have gone really bad places for me if my mother were inclined to be abusive about it. These days, a pharmacist is more likely to think twice before sharing that kind of info because it's illegal to do so and it could come back to bite them big time. HIPAA also helps protect people from discrimination who have medical issues like STDs -- which aren't always sexually transmitted or may be transmitted because someone was assaulted, but some people will just be judgy and not give you the benefit of the doubt and it's a nightmare to have to defend your virtue and tell random strangers "I'm not a whore. I don't sleep around casually. I was raped at gun point." or some such. Sorry it's such a pain in the ass for you. It's something that helps prevent casually ruinous oversharing for some people.