Kiana Tipton is the Executive Director of Charley, a private and secure abortion chatbot that provides up-to-date and accurate information about women's options in every zip code in the U.S. It was created last September, and developed in response to state abortion restrictions after the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
It's important to note that chatbots are far from perfect; it's an evolving field where many bots have been found to reflect biases and inaccuracies due to the data on which they are trained. And creating a chatbot in the complicated landscape of reproductive rights in America, where restrictions continue, calls for users to still exercise caution. The creators of Charley state that "while users should feel safe using Charley to do research and get more information, users should practice private browsing habits by removing the page from their browser history or using incognito mode."
