SO MANY COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BUT
THIS HORRIFIC ATTACK
>> EMILY, THANK YOU.
>>> DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTO
FIGHTING TO PROTECT WOMEN’
RIGHTS WITH THE FATE OF ROE V.
WADE HANGING IN THE BALANCE.
THE HOUSE IS HOLDING A HEARING
TODAY ON WHAT THEY CALL A CRISIS
IN ABORTION CARE ACCESS.
MEANWHILE, SENATE DEMOCRATS AR
LOCATION DATA COMPANIES TO
PROVIDE NFTHS ABOUT THE SALES OF
CELL PHONE DATA TIED TO ABORTION
CLINIC VISITS.
ALLEY, LET’S DIVE STRAIGHT INT
THIS DATA THAT LAWMAKERS ARE
ASKING FOR
WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY HOPING
THEY WILL GET BY DOING THIS?
>> Reporter: THIS IS A LETTER TO
TWO DATA LOCATION COMPANIES LE
BY SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN OF
MASSACHUSETTS COSIGNED BY
DOZEN OF DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES
HERE IN THE SENATE AND WHA
THEY’RE ASKING FOR I
INFORMATION FROM THE TWO
COMPANIES ABOUT ANYTHING THA
THEY’RE DOING REGARDING DATA
COLLECTION AND SELLING THE DAT
COLLECTION SO USERS COULD TRAC
PEOPLE WHO GO TO ABORTIO
CLINICS AND THEN WHERE THEY GO
NEXT
POTENTIALLY ALAWING PEOPLE T
TARGET THEM WITH ANTI-ABORTION
ADS AND ALLOWING THEM TO TRACK
WHERE THEY’RE GOING SO THAT AS
STATES GET MORE SPECIFIC I
TRYING TO RESTRICT ABORTIO
ACCESS WHETHER THAT MEANS NO
BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL OVER STAT
LINES TO GET IT AND TRYING T
CRIMINALIZE AND PUNISH
PROVIDERS, ALL OF THIS DAT
COULD BE USED IN A NEGATIVE WA
TO HURT ABORTION ACCESS IN
STATES EVEN AS IT’S RESTRICTED
NATIONWIDE IN THE STATES
IT’S A SMALL SCALE EXAMPLE O
WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO D
HERE NOW EVEN THEY WEREN’T ABL
TO PASS BROADER ABORTION CODIF
OCCASIONS NOW THEY’RE TRYING T
LITIGATE THAT.
>> ALLEY, HOW ARE THOSE LOCATION
DATA COMPANIES THE TWO YOU NAMED
NOW RESPONDING TO ALL OF THIS?
>> WELL, AFTER REPORTS SURFACE
THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING THOS
COMPANIES SAID THAT THEY WER
ABLE THE CHANGE PRACTICES AN
PUSH BACK ON THE IDEA THAT THERE
WAS ANYTHING NEFARIOUS HAPPENING
HERE
FOR EXAMPLE, SAFE GRAPH SAID I
LIGHT OF POTENTIAL FEDERAL
CHANGES AND FAMILY PLANNIN
ACCESS REFERENCING THAT LEAKED
DRAFT OPINION FROM THE SUPREME
COURT, THEY SAID THEY’RE
REMOVING PATTERNS OF DATA FO
LOCATIONS CLASSIFIED AS FAMILY
PLANNING CENTERS TO KURT TAI
POTENTIAL MISUSE
THEY GO ON TO SAY THEY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DECISION TO TAKE
DOWN PATTERNS AND IT COULD
NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE VALUABLE
RESEARCH THEY DO BUT IT’S TH
RIGHT DECISION GIVEN THE CURRENT
CLIMATE AND PLACER TOLD US
SOMETHING SIMILAR IN LATE HOUR
LAST NIGHT AFTER WE WERE PUTTING
THIS STORY TOGETHER.
THESE COMPANIES ARE TAKING THE
STEPS.
THAT’S BEING SAID, SENATOR
WARREN AND OTHERS WANT TO SE
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED BY MAY
31ST
THE WAY I’M THINKING ABOUT THI
MORGAN, IT’S ONE EARLY STEP IN
THE WAY THEY COULD BRING THI
INTO A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS HER
ON THE HILL.
>> SPEAKING OF STEPS I WANT TO
ASK YOU ALL, TALK ABOUT STAT
ABORTION HEARING IN THE HOUSE.
WHAT IS THE FOCUS THERE TODAY.
>> WE HAVE SEEN THE HOUSE IN
VARIOUS COMMITTEES DO HEARINGS
AROUND REPRODUCTIVE ACCESS AND
ABORTION RIGHTS.
THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED SINC
LAST FALL WHEN THEY ACTUALLY HAD
SITTING CONGRESSWOMEN SHAR
ABORTION STORIES
THEY WERE DEMOCRATS AND I SPOK
WITH THEM BEFOREHAND AND IT WA
A MOVING HEARING AT THE TIME
BUT NOW, THIS HEARING BEING HELD
IN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE COMES
AMID A NATIONAL LANDSCAPE THAT
COMPLETELY CHANGED AND OF COURSE
WE’RE WAITING FOR THAT DRAFT
OPINION AND IF IT BECOME
OFFICIAL OUT OF THE SUPREM
COURT SEVERAL WEEKS FROM NOW,
CAN TELL YOU IN MY CONVERSATIONS
WITH LAWMAKERS HERE IN THE
BUILDING BOTH FROM THE STORY
THAT WE SCOOPED THIS MORNING O
WHAT SENATOR WARREN AND OTHERS
ARE DOING BUT ALSO TALKING WIT
HOUSE DEMOCRATS ABOUT WHAT MOR
THEY CAN DO.
THEY ARE VERY DETERMINED TO MAKE
THIS A MIDTERM ISSUE AND
CONTINUE BRINGING ATTENTION TO
IT
>> SPEAKING OF SCOOP, HOPE I
DON’T MUND
A BIRDIE SCOOPED ME A STORY THAT
YOUR BOOK IS FINALLY OUT FOR
ORDER AND AVAILABLE IN AUGUST.
I HOPE YOU DO NOT MIND M
SHAMELESS PLUG
I KNOW THIS IS YOUR BABY AND YOU
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FO
YEARS AND THERE’S NO ONE WHO HAS
BEEN COVERING THIS TOPIC O
WOMEN AND THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY
AND CONGRESS
PERHAPS THEIR PLACE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE ONE DAY MORE THAN YOU.
SO ALLEY, THANKS FOR YOU