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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Sara Odeen-Isbister

US women urged to delete period tracking apps amid fears data could spot abortions

Women in America are being urged to delete their period tracking apps after fears that authorities could use them to find out if someone is planning or has had an abortion.

It comes as the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling Roe v Wade that has given women across the country the legal right to terminate their pregnancy for nearly half a century.

It is now up to each state to determine whether women can have legal abortions and 26 states are said to be either certain or very likely to ban them.

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