Chris Lisinski reports:
Massachusetts representatives took their latest step Wednesday to protect access to abortions, other reproductive health services and gender-affirming care with unanimous approval of a location data shield bill.
One day after top Democrats unveiled the proposal, the House voted 159-0 on legislation that would bar cell phone carriers, data providers and other companies from collecting or selling location information involving reproductive and gender-affirming health care.
Supporters pitched the bill (H 4844) as a response to growing anti-abortion and transphobic movements in other states, empowered by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision that ended the federal right to an abortion.
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