Threatening Encryption, Senate Democrats Aid GOP War on Abortion
From Tech Policy Press
Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently highlighted the crucial role of digital privacy in Americans’ access to abortion care. During an April 26 hearing about the devastating impact on Americans’ reproductive rights of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Sen. Durbin rightly noted that without robust privacy protections, abortion seekers leave a digital trail that can be used against them in states that have criminalized abortion.
So why are he and his fellow committee Democrats aiding the GOP’s assault on abortion by supporting bills that threaten Americans’ ability to communicate privately about abortion care?
