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> What do these apps collect that prove that a user received an abortion? I'm skimming the article and yes, I don't see that mentioned anywhere, despite that b
by Cyberdog 4y ago
> What do these apps collect that prove that a user received an abortion?
I'm skimming the article and yes, I don't see that mentioned anywhere, despite that being the lynchpin of the whole article.
I suppose a pregnancy would throw off a woman's menstrual cycle, but so can many other things. No way that a mere scheduling change of a woman's period would hold up in court as evidence of an an illegal abortion.
One of the interviewees also implies that states will start criminalizing miscarriage, which is just idiotic. Nobody involved in this article has actually thought these ideas through.
- corrral 4y agoIt's entirely plausible that a miscarriage might draw police or bounty-hunter scrutiny. Even if this doesn't lead to a prosecution—which is not guaranteed, since inappropriate and poorly-motivated prosecutions take place all the time—it's not exactly pleasant.
- macintux 4y agoMiscarriages have been prosecuted even before this year. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544
- Cyberdog 4y agoMisleading headline. That woman induced the miscarriage by using hard drugs while pregnant - perhaps unintentionally, but it was still a consequence of her decisions. I of course was speaking of uninduced miscarriages, which happens shockingly often - one in four pregnancies, if my memory serves me correctly from the time it happened to me and my ex.
- macintux 4y agoA 10-year-old girl was refused an abortion in Ohio recently. Justice Thomas is talking about going after contraception protections. I don’t think anything is inconceivable at this point.
- fabian2k 4y agoThere was no evidence that the drug use caused the miscarriage as far as I know. And from some statements I've seen from doctors there is no general known mechanism for meth to cause miscarriages.