Brookings July 7, 2022
Cameron F. Kerry

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade has raised unsettling questions about the status of the Court’s right to privacy jurisprudence. On a more immediate level, though, the decision has also triggered deep concern about its impact on the information privacy of women who have abortions while living in states that ban abortion, as well as others who help them, promote travel to other states, or sell abortion medications.

With abortion bans in several states taking immediate effect, state prosecutors—or anti-abortion activists—can begin to investigate and prosecute. As they do, they may seek evidence not only from devices and accounts of targets but also from the wide array of app providers, communications services, advertisers,...

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