CNBC July 9, 2022
Lily Yang,Lauren Feiner

Key Points

– The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade raised concerns that data collected by tech companies and clinics could be used to criminally charge people who seek abortions or lose a pregnancy.

– The national health data protection law HIPAA does not cover all types of data that could be used in abortion cases.

– Here are some of the federal and state measures that seek to fill in the gaps when it comes to protecting reproductive health information.

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last month raised concerns that data collected by tech companies and clinics could be used to criminally charge people who seek abortions or experience pregnancy loss.

Although the...

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