Reproductive & Sexual Health Data

Detects references to reproductive and sexual-health data: pregnancy, abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, gender-affirming care and STI/HIV status. Washington's My Health My Data Act (and a wave of post-Dobbs state consumer-health-data laws) treat this as protected consumer health data. Topic-grade vocabulary detector.

Type: keyword_list
Engine: universal
Confidence: low
Confidence justification: Low by design. Reproductive-health status is detected by topic vocabulary, not a fixed format. Terms like "Plan B" or "fertility" appear in unrelated everyday prose; pair with corroborative keywords (patient, clinic, diagnosis, record) within the proximity window to raise precision.
Jurisdictions: global, us
Regulations: HIPAA, GDPR
Frameworks: ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2
Data categories: phi, health
Scope: broad
Risk rating: 9

Pattern

(?i)\b(?:abortion|pregnan(?:cy|t)|miscarriage|contracepti(?:on|ve|ves)|fertility treatments?|in vitro fertili[sz]ation|IVF|menstrual cycle|mifepristone|misoprostol|Plan B|emergency contraception|gender-affirming care|gender affirming care|gender reassignment|hormone (?:replacement )?therapy|STI status|STD status|HIV status|reproductive health|sexual health|prenatal care|postpartum)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

patient, clinic, diagnosis, medical record, prescription, provider, appointment, lab result

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

Patient record notes the prescription of mifepristone for the procedure. — Mifepristone term present in a clinical context
The clinic confirmed the pregnancy and scheduled prenatal care follow-up. — Pregnancy / prenatal care terms present
Referral for gender-affirming care was added to the patient chart. — Gender-affirming care term present
Lab result shows HIV status pending confirmation from the provider. — HIV status term present

Should not match

The quarterly sales report shows revenue grew across all regions. — Unrelated business prose, no health terms
We need a backup plan before the launch deadline next week. — Near-miss prose ("plan" but not "Plan B"), no reproductive terms
The engineering team merged the new feature branch this morning. — Unrelated prose with no reproductive-health vocabulary

Known false positives

Generic terms like "Plan B", "fertility" or "sexual health" appear in colloquial, agricultural, or marketing prose unrelated to an identifiable person's health record. Mitigation: Require corroborative clinical keywords (patient, clinic, diagnosis, provider, record) within the proximity window; treat isolated colloquial hits as low confidence.