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Winkett says we shouldn’t release information that might put people in danger of being harassed, harmed, or murdered. That’s because she’s so wise.
Though I’m not sure there’s much need for this elaborate talk of mythological personifications of wisdom, I agree with her, of course. While George Tiller’s identity wasn’t obtained via freedom of information (he ran one of only 3 late term abortion clinics in the US), the attacks on his person and now his murder illustrate just how pro-life anti-abortionists aren’t, and why personal information relating to those receiving and carrying out abortions should remain as confidential as is reasonably possible.
I am vaguely curious as to why the Department of Health say that the release of data relating to specific abortion reasons occurring 10 times or fewer puts the privacy of those involved at risk. But while I don’t see any technical reason why the identity of those involved in rarer circumstances would be any less anonymous than the data released about everyone else, this is the British government we’re talking about. They couldn’t keep our personal information confidential if their re-election depended on it.