After Roe vs Wade, healthcare data privacy fears grow worldwide

From India to Chile, concern is growing over the sale and tracking of reproductive health data, and the risks for abortion seekers. — AP

BANGKOK/MEXICO CITY: For many women seeking an abortion in the Philippines, an outright ban means the Internet is their only source of help. But since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, activists fear some could be too scared to type in “abortion”.

Clandestine terminations are common in the mainly Roman Catholic Philippines, where women use pseudonyms on Facebook and in chat groups on the mobile apps Telegram and Signal to access abortion pills and illegal abortion providers.