New report shows more than 200 pregnant people have faced criminal charges since Dobbs decision
The majority of cases did not require prosecutors to find evidence that the fetus was harmed Read more at Salon
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Trump and Vance Have Backed States That Want to Surveil Pregnant Women
But Trump and Vance’s Project 2025 agenda would go even further — calling for every abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, and incidental pregnancy loss from medical treatments like chemo to be reported to the federal government under a Trump administration, tearing away health data privacy protections under HIPAA, and allowing states to surveil patients and doctors, monitor … Read more
The Republican party remains the party of denying women human rights | opinion
In other words, the revision would protect women’s right to privacy around pregnancy and birth control-related healthcare, and Vance was having none of it. As Talking Points Memo put it: “The news has been filled with proposed or actual laws which would attempt to restrict travel to receive abortions in other states, charge those who … Read more
Reproductive rights are under attack using online data. These tools help people protect themselves
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) introduced legislation this year that would require the Veterans Administration to provide quarterly reports on the number of abortions performed at VA hospitals and by affiliated providers. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS Act), a bill that would create a federal database for pregnant … Read more
Harsh Anti-abortion Laws Are Not Empty Threats
The anti-abortion movement is—no surprise—committed to stopping this flow of patients and abortion pills across state lines. One strategy that has recently emerged is an effort to revive and reinterpret the Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-vice law that the movement claims makes sending or receiving any abortion drug or device in the mail a federal … Read more
Could Facebook messages be used in abortion-related prosecution?
A case out of Nebraska involving a mother and her teenage daughter could offer a preview of how digital footprints could be used to enforce abortion laws. Read more at 19th News
New Report Warns Of Growing Surveillance Threat For Abortions Or Gender-Affirming Care
“After the fall of Roe, we’re realizing that everyone is at risk from every segment of society,” she said. “So I’m hopeful that this is an opportunity to help more and more Americans realize how dangerous state surveillance is for all of us.” Read more at Huffpost
Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google
Using a tool created by the Markup, a nonprofit tech-journalism newsroom, ProPublica ran checks on 11 online pharmacies that sell abortion medication to reveal the web tracking technology they use. Late last year and in early January, ProPublica found web trackers on the sites of at least nine online pharmacies that provide pills by mail: … Read more
Googling abortion? Your details aren’t as private as you think
In a second case, another researcher, Aditi Ramesh, turned on location tracking on a new Android device. She then traveled to two Planned Parenthood locations in Los Angeles in October. In both cases, screenshots show that while the exact address wasn’t stored in her Google timeline, the routes were retained and, in one case, the … Read more