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A few notes on Roe v. Wade

A lot has already been written about the U.S supreme court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Not much new insight here. Just outraged, confused and worried about the future. Here are a few links for your doom scrolling pleasure.

The decision regarding Roe v. Wade brings up so many other health care and human rights issue:

Benedict Evans @benedictevans

Maternity leave. One of these is not like the others.

Data privacy also came to the forefront.

EFF @EFF

Dear employees at tech companies—here's what you can do RIGHT NOW to protect the data of abortion seekers and providers.

eff.orgWhat Companies Can Do Now to Protect Digital Rights In A Post-Roe WorldThe increasing risk that the Supreme Court will overturn federal constitutional abortion protections has refocused attention on the role digital service providers of all kinds play in facilitating access to health information, education, and care—and the data they collect in return.In a post-Roe...

For a more nuanced look and detailing out some caveats, this is an excellent post by Kendra Albert:

TL:DR; Period trackers are not the primary form of digital evidence likely to be used in abortion prosecutions today. If tracking your period is useful to you, you don’t need to stop tracking your period, although you may choose to switch to an app that collects less data and stores it locally, discussed below.

Kendra Albert @KendraSerra

No, you don't need to stop using your period tracker from me, @maggied, and @eiweil.

medium.comFear, Uncertainty, and Period TrackersNo, You Probably Don’t Need to Stop Using Your Period Tracker

You might have seen news item about Indian Reservations being safe haven. Not really.

Dr. Dr. Desi (she/her) @native4data

No, Indian Reservations aren’t going to become safe harbors for abortions. It sounds easy, but there’s hundreds of years of legal rulings that make basic survival on reservations damn near impossible! So start demanding more from your elected officials, not Indigenous Peoples!

Despite the gravity of the situation, there will always be someone trying to make a quick buck:

Casey Fiesler, PhD, JD, geekD @cfiesler

Someday these images will be in a history book as part of a grim discussion about politics and culture.

An excellent and timely photograph exhibition by Donna Ferrato.

Michael Lobel @mlobelart

Extremely timely show of photographs & collages by Donna Ferrato at Daniel Cooney Fine Art in Chelsea, many works focusing on women's health & bodily autonomy

And first they came for Roe…

Jody Freeman @JodyFreemanHLS

Here's what I just said to a Politico Reporter asking for speculation on the climate case after the gun + abortion decisions: 1. Based on those cases, the Court seems unleashed and prepared to do sweeping things, whatever the consequences...

And last but not least from Inae Oh at Motherjones where she looks the 66-page dissent, written by Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor:

“Today, the Court…says that from the very moment of fertilization, a woman has no rights to speak of. A State can force her to bring a pregnancy to term, even at the steepest personal and familial costs.”