As Demand for Medication Abortion Increases, Facebook Allows Ads for Potentially Dangerous “Abortion Reversal” Procedure The ads appear as the company faces criticism for limiting content about medication abortions By: Lauren Kirchner, Maddy Varner, and Angie Waller The Markup has found that Facebook is serving up ads and posts for the so-called “abortion pill reversal”…
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Energy & Commerce Committee announces full committee markup of six consumer protection bills
Jul 18, 2022 Press Release The Committee Will Vote on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act in Addition to Several Other Consumer Protection & Commerce Bills Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the full Committee will hold a markup on Wednesday, July 20, at 9:45 a.m. (EDT) in…
Illinois Attorney General releases guidelines to protect online medical privacy
Sharon Wren reports: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has released guidelines to help individuals seeking reproductive care protect their privacy while using apps and online platforms. He urges people to exercise caution when utilizing web-based apps and websites that might track users’ search and location information, which could be shared with third parties. People should…
Have you recently had an abortion?’ Australian transiting through US questioned then deported
Christopher Knaus reports: An Australian woman who planned to house-sit in Canada during a holiday has said she was detained, fingerprinted, interrogated about her abortion history and quickly deported during a stopover in the US. Madolline Gourley, a Brisbane resident, says she was treated like a criminal during her transit through Los Angeles on 30 June, where…