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Craig Mauger

Michigan attorney general issues consumer alert on health apps after abortion ruling

LANSING, Mich. — With an abortion ban potentially looming, Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a consumer alert Tuesday, advising Michiganians to "very carefully review" policies for cell phone applications that hold personal health data.

The alert from Nessel, a Democrat and the state's top law enforcement official, came 11 days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which had protected access to abortions nationally.

The attorney general's message specifically mentioned programs that track pregnancy, fertility and menstrual cycles and said there is legal concern the information could become evidence if abortion is criminalized.

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