oops! UNM HSC makes a big mistake and releases private information

Oops! UNM Health Sciences Center Releases Social Security Numbers of Faculty

From the outset of the Congressional Select Panel on Infant Lives investigation into University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) harvesting of aborted infant organs and parts through their relationship with late-term abortionist Curtis Boyd, UNM HSC has claimed the need to protect "safety of faculty, staff" as an excuse to defy congressional subpoenas. 

UNM HSC chief, Dr. Paul Roth's supposed concern for "safety of faculty" preventing UNM HSC from providing "personally identifiable information" to the Congressional Select Panel on Infant Lives is called into question amidst a major privacy breech. 

UNM HSC publicly released the most private, "personally identifiable information" of two abortionists caught square in the middle of the congressional investigation, Curtis Boyd, owner of  Southwestern Women's Options late-term abortion clinic, and his staff abortionist Carmen Landau.  In recent open records requests submitted by NMAFL, UNM HSC released not only home addresses and dates of birth, but, along with this information, the full social security numbers of both late-term abortionists who also serve as faculty, click here to view documents.

NMAFL found that both late-term abortionists also serve as "clinical assistant professors" at the University. NMAFL has previously reported on the UNM HSC's violation of their own policy in appointing Boyd to instruct students in the OB-GYN department, despite not being an OB-GYN doctor nor having any board certification qualifications.

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WHAT IS UNM HSC CHIEF
PAUL ROTH HIDING?

Paul Roth, UNM Health Sciences Center head

UNM HSC has been withholding information regarding these practices since NMAFL launched our investigation last year-- months before the congressional inquiries. UNM Health Sciences Center under Roth has offered perplexing and contradictory statements as well, telling the Albuquerque Journal they have "no documents to show how much fetal tissue is sent from Boyd's clinic to UNM researchers, nor how often."  UNMHSC's latest excuse for withholding information regarding the harvesting and experimentation on aborted infant organs and parts, is suspect.

"On one hand, Roth claims to be protecting staff safety by not disclosing names of individuals who may be complicit with violations of the law, to a congressional committee--a branch of government, which are clearly public records, however UNM HSC turns around and hands over the social security numbers of the very individuals involved in the aborted infant lives investigation to the general public," said Elisa Martinez, New Mexico Alliance for Life executive director. "UNM HSC's actions do not mirror their new excuse for not disclosing information regarding these practices, claims of  "staff safety" simply do not match their actions. We know Dr. Paul Roth's claim of protecting staff safety is a ruse since UNM HSC carelessly handed over the most "personally identifiable information" of two faculty members, late-term abortionists Boyd and Landau--the very staff they claim to be protecting, caught square in the middle of the congressional investigation."

Even the Albuquerque Journal called out UNM HSC, in this must read editorial, on their claims of safety as an excuse for not cooperating with a congressional investigation!

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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.  WHAT YOU CAN DO

Unlike UNM HSC, NMAFL is acutely aware of the need to protect this type of highly sensitive, private information from public disclosure. The release of an individual's social security number without proper procedural safeguards can have devastating consequences, as well as exposing the University and taxpayers to costly lawsuits. Due to UNM HSC's general counsel's failure to properly inspect documents, leaves the university liable, while NMAFL is forced to do their job. Out of concern for the safety of these individuals, NMAFL will take all reasonable actions to prevent re-disclosure of Curtis Boyd and Carmen Landau's social security numbers and dates of birth.

Join NMAFL in calling on UNM Regents and UNM HSC head Paul Roth to fully comply with all information requested by the Select Panel on Infant Lives--INCLUDING NAMES OF STAFF, FACULTY AND RESIDENTS WHO MAY BE COMPLICIT WITH VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW. Taxpayers of New Mexico demand to the truth and for UNM HSC to stop using taxpayer funds, by hiring high-dollar D.C. attorneys to defy the congressional investigation.

Mallory Reviere: (505) 277 7639, Special Assistant to the Board of Regents, Email: [email protected]. 

Dr. Paul Roth: (505) 272-5849, Email: [email protected].

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