Different standards

I couldn’t find the reference to the news story at Channel 4’s web site, but I have to wonder …

… why is that my wife’s employer, a major HMO, cannot even, legally, confirm publicly that someone has been a patient at one of their medical centers …

… but some yahoo can photograph patients at an abortion clinic and post said pictures up on his Internet page?

(Here’s an article on the tactic in Mother Jones.)