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The Missouri Health Department tracks patients' menstrual cycles to identify who had an abortion.

Date: 2019

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Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health, testifies that he kept a spreadsheet to track the menstrual periods of people who visited Planned Parenthood. The spreadsheet, which was made at Williams’ request by the state’s main inspector, is used to help to identify patients who underwent failed abortion procedures.