Data Privacy And Clinic Safety After Roe v. Wade
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🗓️ 17 May 2022
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Summary
A new report by Reveal looks into the growing number of calls to police from abortion clinics in Florida. It found that reports of harassment, violence, and intimidation doubled between 2016 and 2021, with one clinic reporting a 400 percent jump in calls within that time.
Now that Florida's new restrictive abortion measures take effect in July, providers are preparing for an escalation in that violence.
Later on, privacy advocates and supporters of the pro-choice movement have raised the alarm about how personal data could be used by law enforcement and anti-abortion activists if Roe vs. Wade is overturned by a Supreme Court decision this summer.
There have been several bills sponsored by Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden to limit the information tech companies can collect from individuals and provide to law enforcement.He joins a panel conversation about the role digital privacy plays in reproductive rights.
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| 0:00.0 | With the Supreme Court set to rollback federal protections for abortions, we look at the |
| 0:11.1 | implications that could have on privacy and security. |
| 0:15.1 | Abortion clinics have long been the site of clashes between anti-abortion activists and |
| 0:19.1 | providers themselves, and protesters from both sides of the debate have mobilized. |
| 0:24.2 | A new report by Reveal looks into the growing number of calls to police from abortion |
| 0:28.3 | clinics in Florida, found that reports of harassment, violence, and intimidation doubled |
| 0:34.0 | between 2016 and 2021. |
| 0:37.0 | Now that Florida's new restrictive abortion measures take effect in July, providers are |
| 0:41.1 | preparing for an escalation in that violence, talked to the reporter behind the investigation, |
| 0:46.1 | and checking with an abortion provider in Florida about her clinic. |
| 0:50.0 | Later on, we'll discuss tech companies and privacy in relation to Roe v Wade. |
| 0:54.5 | Tech companies are constantly tracking and selling your data to third parties, often without |
| 0:59.4 | explicit consent from users. |
| 1:01.9 | Privacy advocates and supporters of the pro-choice movement are raising the alarm about how |
| 1:06.1 | personal data could be used by law enforcement and anti-abortion activists if Roe v Wade is |
| 1:11.6 | overturned. |
| 1:12.6 | We'll get into all that and more in just a moment. |
| 1:15.2 | I'm David Gura, in for Gen White. |
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