by Cameron Cantrell and Felicity Slater 

On June 19, 2025, the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas vacated the vast majority of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (the “HIPAA Reproductive Privacy Rule” or “Rule”). The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published the Rule in the Federal Register in April 2024 with a compliance date of December 23, 2024. The District Court’s decision to vacate the reproductive privacy aspects of the Rule has an immediate and nationwide effect.