{"id":4030,"date":"2022-06-24T18:44:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2022\/06\/24\/privacy-in-a-post-roe-us-privacy-news-june-24\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T18:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:44:57","slug":"privacy-in-a-post-roe-us-privacy-news-june-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2022\/06\/24\/privacy-in-a-post-roe-us-privacy-news-june-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy in a post-Roe America (Privacy News, June 24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, removing the constitutional right to abortion. \u00a0In the 1973 <em>Roe <\/em>ruling, the Supreme Court had said the Fourteenth Amendment\u2019s Due Process Clause \u00a0\u201cprotects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman\u2019s qualified right to terminate her pregnancy.\u201d \u00a0The current Supreme Court disagrees. \u00a0As Paris Hatcher of Black Feminist Future points out, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsone.com\/4360966\/supreme-court-ruling-overturning-abortion-reproductive-justice-black-liberation\/\">there is hardly any more fundamental human right than the ability to control what happens to our bodies<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>TAKE ACTION<\/strong>: One of the most pivotal things you can do at this moment is to <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/supportabortionfunds\">support abortion funds<\/a>. Abortion funds provide funding, travel, lodging, and other wrap-around supports. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/supportabortionfunds\">Donations to National Network of Abortion Funds<\/a> are split between abortion funds around the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today\u2019s decision abandons nearly 50 years of precedent &amp; marks the first time in history that the Supreme Court has taken away a fundamental right. <br \/>The Court\u2019s decision will likely lead to half of U.S. states immediately taking action to ban abortion outright.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SisterSong (@SisterSong_WOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SisterSong_WOC\/status\/1540353625158983682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p>Most of the &#8220;trigger laws&#8221; criminalizing abortion once Roe is overturned don&#8217;t go into effect immediately. \u00a0Lauren Rankin (author of <em>Our Bodies on the Line<\/em>) has a Twitter thread with details.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Supreme Court just overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. This is devastating, an absolute national tragedy. But know that this isn&#39;t the end of this fight, that activists and organizers are diligently working to continue access to safe abortion. A thread:<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lauren Rankin (@laurenarankin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenarankin\/status\/1540337557690470400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><strong>TAKE ACTION: \u00a0<\/strong>Stephanie Baer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/skbaer\/how-help-abortion-rights-after-roe\">Here\u2019s How To Fight For Abortion Rights Now That Roe V. Wade Is Gone<\/a> on <em>Buzzfeed <\/em>and Meg O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/theappeal.org\/heres-how-to-help-people-seeking-abortion-after-roe\/\">Here\u2019s How You Can Help People After Roe<\/a> on <em>The Appeal<\/em> have suggestions about what to do \u2013 and what not to do.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, here on the West Coast, the Governors of Washington, Oregon, and California have just announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.wa.gov\/news-media\/west-coast-states-launch-new-multi-state-commitment-reproductive-freedom-standing-united\">Multi-State Commitment to defend access to reproductive health care<\/a>, including abortion and contraceptives, and committed to protecting patients and doctors against efforts by other states to export their abortion bans to our states. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;d like to note that Thomas wants to &quot;revisit&quot; other unenumerated rights &#8211; same sex marriage, contraception, and other private consensual sexual acts (Lawrence case).<\/p>\n<p>What was missing, you ask? Interracial marriage. Wonder why that is. \/s\/ Cherrypicking. It&#39;s on-brand.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SCOTUS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; B\u00e4r\u00ed A. Williams, Esq. (@BariAWilliams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BariAWilliams\/status\/1540365394615013376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p>A lot of other protections also depend on the privacy rights that SCOTUS just gutted. \u00a0As Clarence Thomas made clear in his dissent, by the same logic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/06\/24\/thomas-constitutional-rights-00042256\">the Supreme Court is also likely to end the right to contraception (overruling<em> Griswold<\/em>), same-sex marriage (<em>Obergfell<\/em>), and same-sex sexual activity (<em>Lawrence<\/em>)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, ending the right to abortion will also have a huge impact on informational privacy.* \u00a0A few links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital Defense Fund&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldefensefund.org\/ddf-guides\/abortion-privacy\">Guide to Abortion Privacy<\/a> has some excellent suggestions about how to protect yourself if you&#8217;re pregnant and\/or looking for information about an abortion. \u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>EFF&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2022\/05\/what-companies-can-do-now-protect-digital-rights-post-roe-world\">What Companies Can Do Now to Protect Digital Rights In A Post-Roe World<\/a>, by Corynne McSherry and Katharine Trendacosta&#8217;, looks at what people creating software and systems need to keep in mind.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6189528\/anti-abortion-pregnancy-centers-collect-data-investigation\/\">Anti-Abortion Centers\u2019 Databases Could Be Weaponized Post-Roe<\/a>, by Abigail Adams and Vera \u00a0Bergengruen on <em>Time<\/em>, looks at how fake &#8220;pregnancy crisis centers&#8221; violate abortion seekers&#8217; privacy. \u00a0As we discussed a few days ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/transactional\/exclusive-us-lawmakers-urge-google-fix-abortion-searches-that-steer-women-fake-2022-06-17\/\">Google contributes to the problem by sending people searching for abortions to these fake clinics<\/a>.\n<p><strong>TAKE ACTION: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/act.counterhate.com\/page\/107525\/petition\/1\">Tell Google to stop profiting from anti-abortion disinformation<\/a> using Center for Countering Digital Hate&#8217;s form.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/impotence-fourth-amendment-post-roe-world\">The Impotence of the Fourth Amendment in a Post-Roe World<\/a>, on <em>Lawfare<\/em>, looks at legal aspects of the surveillance architectures of this new world.<\/li>\n<li>Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and Rad Tech hosted a discussion yesterday with JoyceDellinger and Hayley Tsukayama of EFF on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STOPSpyingNY\/status\/1540092807401967616\">Reproductive Freedom Under Surveillance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">S.T.O.P. x RadTech: Reproductive Freedom Under Surveillance <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nItgMYS6TD\">https:\/\/t.co\/nItgMYS6TD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; S.T.O.P.\u2014Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (@STOPSpyingNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STOPSpyingNY\/status\/1540092807401967616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/privacy-isnt-in-the-constitution-but-its-everywhere-in-constitutional-law-183204\">Privacy isn\u2019t in the Constitution \u2013 but it\u2019s everywhere in constitutional law<\/a>, by Scott Skinner-Thompson on <em>The Conversation, <\/em>is a good short introduction to the distinctionn between &#8220;decisional privacy&#8221; (also known as &#8220;autonomy privacy&#8221;) and &#8220;informational privacy&#8221;. \u00a0As Kate Bertash of Digital Defense Fund said at Color of Surveillance earlier this week, you can&#8217;t have one without the other.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Image Credit: from Digital Defense Fund&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldefensefund.org\/ddf-guides\/abortion-privacy\">Guide to Abortion Privacy<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Image description: The image is titled \u201cDigital Security for Abortion and Pregnancy Privacy.\u201d A white person with braces and short dark curly hair says, \u201cWorried about someone reading your messages or browser history?\u201d Small images provide advice. A hand holds a phone with a green lock screen displaying the word \u201cEnter\u201d and a dial pad. Text reads: \u201cUse a strong PIN on your devices.\u201d A green circle in a pink background contains an illustration of a purple mustache, black glasses, and a pink hat. Text reads: \u201cBrowse in an incognito window.\u201d A white magician with brown hair wearing a white shirt and purple cape uses a purple wand to make a purple hat\u2019s contents disappear. Text reads: \u201cTurn on disappearing messages in secure messaging app like Signal.\u201d A brown broom sweeps dust. Text reads: \u201cClear browsing history.\u201d The image is signed \u201cThe Digital Defense Fund x Hazel Mead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, removing the constitutional right to abortion. \u00a0In the 1973 Roe ruling, the Supreme Court had said the Fourteenth Amendment\u2019s Due Process Clause \u00a0\u201cprotects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman\u2019s qualified right to terminate her pregnancy.\u201d \u00a0The current Supreme Court disagrees. \u00a0As Paris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[461,460],"class_list":["post-4030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-privacy-after-roe","tag-privacy-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}