Two weeks ago the California legislature passed a bill providing groundbreaking digital privacy protections for abortion-related communications sent through California tech companies. CarrieNBaker reports:
Last week the California legislature passed a bill providing groundbreaking digital privacy protections for abortion-related communications sent through California tech companies.
We have no obligation to be complicit in enforcing laws that are antithetical to our own values and legal system in California.“California’s AB 1242 could be a huge step forward in protecting people’s digital privacy as they navigate abortion access in this post-world, especially as people increasingly turn to self-managed abortion,” said Elisa Wells, co-founder and co-director of, which provides up-to-date information on how people in the U.S. are accessing at-home abortion pill options online.
The bill would authorize the California Attorney General to sue California corporations to compel their compliance with the law, and would impose civil liability if the corporation knew or should have known that the warrant, subpoena or other legal process related to an investigation into or enforcement of a criminal abortion law. The bill is now on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk awaiting his signature.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-sponsored the legislation. “California will not stand idly by as anti-choice states across the nation take radical action to criminalize reproductive rights,”Bonta. “I’m proud to sponsor AB 1242, first-in-the-nation legislation that will help shield those seeking or providing reproductive healthcare against wrongful prosecution.
California will not stand idly by as anti-choice states across the nation take radical action to criminalize reproductive rights.
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