shield law
noun
: a law that protects journalists from forced disclosure of confidential news sources
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As Texas has sought to access patients’ medical records in other states, New Mexico passed a shield law that protects such information.
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Guttmacher does not include data on abortions provided through shield laws in its reports, but the Society of Family Planning includes such information in its trends, and numbers have been steadily increasing.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Diana Greene Foster—a professor at the University of California, San Francisco who was not affiliated with Guttmacher’s research—agrees that the apparent overall decline in abortions provided so far this year could be due to people accessing care under shield laws, which the data don’t capture.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Some state shield laws may offer additional privacy protections.
—Margaret Riley, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Guttmacher does not include data on abortions provided through shield laws in its reports, but the Society of Family Planning includes such information in its trends, and numbers have been steadily increasing.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Diana Greene Foster—a professor at the University of California, San Francisco who was not affiliated with Guttmacher’s research—agrees that the apparent overall decline in abortions provided so far this year could be due to people accessing care under shield laws, which the data don’t capture.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Some state shield laws may offer additional privacy protections.
—Margaret Riley, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Shield law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shield%20law. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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