- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
In the year after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, more than 200 pregnant women faced criminal charges for conduct associated with their pregnancy, pregnancy loss or birth, according to a new report.
The report was produced by Pregnancy Justice, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of pregnant people, including the right to abortion. Researchers in multiple states documented 210 cases of women being charged for pregnancy-related conduct in 12 states from June 24, 2022, to June 23, 2023, the first year after the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, throwing the issue to the states.
The majority of charges alleged substance use during pregnancy; in two-thirds of cases, it was the only allegation made against the defendant. Six states — Alabama, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas — accounted for the majority of cases documented by researchers.
Everyone is under surveillance all the time these days. There would have to be some very secure way for women to contact any organization trying to help without raising any flags that could be used to tip off the police. This would be a real challenge.
Remember that you need to use it for normal browsing as well, if you only use it for “shady” stuff correlation attacks are easier.
You also need to read up on cookies and fingerprinting.
Yes, OpSec is more or less important depending on your threat model.
they would have to make real phone calls! *gasp.
International phone calls are under surveillance and the data collected includes domestic calls. Agencies have been abusing this to monitor domestic calls since at least the 2000s.
Article from 2013: https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/surveillance-timeline
More recent: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/fbi-misused-foreign-surveillance-law-280k-times-to-snoop-on-people-in-the-us/
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/us-senate-and-biden-administration-shamefully-renew-and-expand-fisa-section-702-0?language=en