Geolocation or information collected by applications for monitoring the menstrual cycle could be exploited in order to continue the women who have aborted.
Le Monde with AFP
Very criticized for his defense deemed Timore of the right to abortion, the American president, Joe Biden, will take, Friday, July 8, a series of regulatory measures in order, among other things, to fight against “digital surveillance” which could be victims of women.
According to a Communicated of the White House, Mr. Biden will sign a decree during the day including a series initiatives, however limited and often not very binding, to respond to the recent decision of the American Supreme Court.
This put an end, on June 24, to constitutional right to abortion and seven conservative states have already prohibited access to voluntary pregnancy interruption (IVG). Several others should follow.
On the day of the decision, Mr. Biden had castigated a “tragic error” and announced two components of regulatory measures, on access to abortive pills and on the right of women to travel in other states if they wish Use an abortion.
“Fight digital surveillance”
Since then, the president has remained more or less silent on the subject, attracting ever more virulent criticism in his own camp, the Democratic Party, which would like more spectacular actions or, failing that, more aggressive communication.
He will try to respond to it on Friday during a speech at midday to explain his new initiatives, starting with the promise to “protect sensitive health information” and “fight digital surveillance”, According to the press release from the American executive.
Dangers related to online data
Number of activists alert on the dangers related to online data, such as geolocation or information collected by applications for monitoring menstrual cycles, which could be used in order to pursue women who have abortion.
The text that Mr. Biden will also promise, but without giving practical details, to protect mobile clinics practicing abortion at the external borders of states that have prohibited it. The White House also wants to guarantee access to contraception, in particular the next day and the IUDs.
The American executive also intends to organize a network of volunteer lawyers to ensure that Americans will be able to move inside the United States if they decide to have an abortion, without being worried by the justice if They reside in a state prohibiting abortion.