Abortion rights activists hold a ‘My Body My Choice’ sign as they protest at the Federal Courthouse Plaza, after the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in Austin, Texas, on June 24, 2022. — AFP via Getty Images/TNS
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal right to abortion is likely to create a clash between state-by-state abortion restrictions and the patchwork of data privacy laws that are being legislated in the absence of a federal privacy law.
Even before the June 24 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, privacy advocates, concerned that data on women seeking abortions could be used to target them, sounded alarms that women should be vigilant in the types of data and content they share with fertility and health apps and through social media. They also warned against bringing a phone or other device with location-tracking services to an abortion provider.
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