Reproductive Health Data – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

08 Jul

New Va. law protecting reproductive health data prompts Walmart’s online data collection pop-ups

PhoenixLatest NewsReproductive Health Data, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia

Disclosure pop-ups about the “cookies,” or other aggregate bits of data websites collect and store aren’t an uncommon experience while shopping online. What’s less common: when a pop-up indicates that your potential purchase of condoms, birth control medication or menstrual hygiene products is being noted digitally, a message Virginians have started seeing when they shop virtually for such products.

Solicitor General Nominee Sauer Backed Collecting Private Reproductive Health Data

BarbraLatest NewsData Privacy, Reproductive Health Data, Reproductive rights, United States

President-elect Donald Trump’s solicitor general nominee John Sauer has a history of collecting reproductive health data to bolster anti-abortion efforts, another signal the incoming administration is poised to limit access to reproductive care even though Trump recently said he likely wouldn’t restrict access to the abortion pill widely prescribed through telehealth. Sauer led anti-abortion litigation in Missouri, where he served as state solicitor general, and could aid anti-abortion states in taking legal action against states where the procedure is legal.

Push to protect reproductive health data

AlanLatest NewsMichigan, Reproductive Health Data, Reproductive rights

Democratic lawmakers at the state Capitol are pushing to pass legislation they say will improve reproductive health care. They hope to get it done before Republicans take control of the State House next year.