The More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (Moms) act proposes to establish an online government database called “pregnancy.gov” listing resources related to pregnancy, including information about adoption agencies and pregnancy care providers, except for those that provide abortion-related services.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/11/katie-britt-proposes-federal-database-to-collect-data-on-pregnant-people

A team of researchers in the UK found “problematic practices, including inconsistencies” regarding data privacy in several female health apps. They presented the research at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Honolulu, Hawaii in the US this month. The researchers analysed 20 popular female health apps available on the US and UK Google Play Stores providing a service related to female reproductive health. They looked at the applications’ data privacy policies and practices.

Read the article: https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/05/31/female-health-apps-arent-doing-enough-to-protect-sensitive-data-study-says

In 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—ending the constitutional right to an abortion—privacy advocates warned women against using smartphone apps to track their periods. The calls came out of concerns that the data collected by these apps could put women at risk of prosecution in states where abortion became illegal.

Read the article: https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-privacy-roe-era.html

A Nebraska mother who helped her teenage daughter obtain abortion pills to end her pregnancy and later disposed of the fetus’ remains was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday, according to multiple reports, after breaking a state law that banned abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Police said that while executing a search warrant they discovered evidence of internet searches related to medications “which could be used for the purpose of causing a miscarriage,” or abortion pills. Officers also said they found messages discussing the use of that medication after obtaining Facebook messages from Meta.

Text: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/09/22/nebraska-mom-who-gave-teen-daughter-abortion-pills-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison/?sh=1518bdf7b1db