Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On March 6 and 15, 2023, both chambers of the Iowa Legislature unanimously voted to approve Senate File 262, which could make Iowa the sixth U.S. state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. The bill is most similar to Utah’s comprehensive privacy law. Senate File 262 would apply to a person that (1) conducts…
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GOP Wyoming Governor Signs Bill Banning Abortion Pills
AP reports: Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill Friday night prohibiting abortion pills in the state and also allowed a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. The pills are already banned in 13 states with blanket bans on all forms of abortion, and 15 states already have limited access to…
EU’s RTBF Continues to Produce Undesirable Results
Eric Goldman writes: This is not the first time my blog has been subject to right-to-be-forgotten (RTBF) takedowns. See, e.g., this post (scroll down for the updates). But every time the RTBF is applied to my blog, it’s probably a wrongful application of a misguided policy and worth relaying here. Here is the notice I recently received:…
Death Penalty For Abortions Is On The Table In South Carolina
Lydia O’Connor reports: A South Carolina lawmaker is defending a bill he authored that could result in the death penalty for people who have abortions, even as onetime co-sponsors of the legislation back away from it. The proposal from Republican state Rep. Rob Harris seeks to amend South Carolina’s criminal code so that all references to a “person”…