The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn abortion rights safeguards has increased scrutiny of the personal data that technology companies collect. Apple, Facebook, and Google often comply to court orders for customer data. The smartphones and devices that women use could be used against them if they live in a state where the majority of abortions are now prohibited
Women’s rights activists have called a national strike and thousands of people have joined demonstrations to protest a decision by Poland’s Constitutional Court to ban nearly all abortions
The Human Life Protection Act, passed in May, will impose a near-total ban on abortions in Alabama starting in November 2019. Court challenges make it unlikely the bill will be allowed to go into effect, but it is one of many recently passed state laws that ban abortion and make no exceptions for victims of rape or incest