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Professor Nicolas Terry commented for the news website Buzzfeed.com about the long-running congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood and fetal tissue donations. The request seeks more information on whether three California Planned Parenthood clinics broke patient privacy rules when women donated tissue from their aborted fetuses for research purposes.

Professor Terry said the Select Investigative Panel has “a pretty thin argument” for seeking the federal investigation. “I wouldn’t expect a very swift investigation on this front.” The story was posted June 2.

Professor Terry is the Hall Render Professor of Law and executive director of the Hall Center for Law and Health. He was invited by the White House to take part in the Precision Medicine Initiative Summit in February 2016. He also is a member of the Health IT Consumer Workgroup. His research interests lie primarily at the intersection of medicine, law, and information technology. His recent scholarship has dealt with health privacy, social media and health, big data, and health care fragmentation. He started the podcast, “The Week in Health Law” with Professor Frank Pasquale of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. The podcast is available for download at iTunes, and PodBean, and can be listened to at Stitcher Radio. He is one of the permanent bloggers at HealthLawProf and at Harvard Law School’s Bill of Health.  His recent publications are available on the Social Science Research Network, and he can be followed on Twitter @nicolasterry.