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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Nora McDonald

Women’s online data could be used against them now that Roe v. Wade is overturned

An abortion rights activist near the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on June 24. Women’s online data privacy could be at risk post-Roe. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade will not merely deprive women of reproductive control and physical agency as a matter of constitutional law— it will also change their relationship with the online world. 

Any woman in a state where abortion is now likely to become illegal, and who relies on the internet for information, products and services related to reproductive health, could very well be subject to online policing.

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