Or, Texas could use subpoena power to try and obtain this information from such apps for the purpose of enforcement.
It seems like people are grasping at straws now, which makes it crazy.
About 20% of women in the US use one, and this is a number that is increasing.
It's already not great that most brokered the data, sold it to advertisers, etc. But, now with restrictive policies towards abortion forming in many states, this information has become legally dangerous to many of these women.
They can avoid all issues by using a calendar or that grey matter between their ears.
No one said "a majority". A large share has a pretty clearly understood definition.
Main stream media does tend to make things extreme, but I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of data leakage causing problems for people in tough situations.
Having a database of woman that used to be pregnant, but are no longer would be an obvious way to try and prosecute suspected illegal abortions. And even if the data mining part would not be legal, once you're accused of murder the prosecution would obviously be able to get all your digital data to try and prove you had an abortion.
A woman's menstrual history is highly probative evidence.
Hardly fear mongering.
It's actually worse than this, because states are getting "clever" and adding civil penalties and allowing random people to litigate.
This means if your neighbor's daughter was pregnant and isn't anymore, you just need to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that provider A gave them an abortion to recover statutory damages and attorneys' fees.
(And maybe in future versions of such legislation, no need to even involve provider A...)
OH WAIT: https://www.kosu.org/health/2021-10-22/experts-say-manslaugh...
This will be a repeat of caregivers prosecuted for children dying from SIDS under their watch, with the underlying message that it must have been something you did, and you need to be punished for it.
> fear mongering
This reminds me of crypto scammers accusing their critics of FUD.
Somehow, there are a lot of pompous people on technology websites telling people not to be afraid when fear is fully justified. They've said this about pandemics, crypto scams and terrorism.
FYI - the reason I think this is all garbage media:
(1) This data is already present in the other apps on your device (calendar appts, location tracking, other health apps). If the govt wanted the data, they don't need a menstrual tracking app. They already have it.
(2) Most importantly, you are creating fear in people for using apps to track their health. If you tell the masses the big, bad republican govt will be knocking on your door because of some app, you are telling them to avoid/stop tracking their health. This, in turn, takes the power (education) away from the people who need to track their health due to health concerns/issues.
My advice: do not live in fear. Stay away from the media.
It is not fear mongering to delete something that would let the crazed leadership put you in jail.
https://twitter.com/ManuclearBomb/status/1540368058165985281
Listen, neither Republicans or Democrats care about life. I am proof, living homeless with a Bipolar Schizoaffective Disorder wanting to kill myself everyday because it just keeps getting harder and harder. And look at the ever growing amount of homeless.
People care about money and themselves. That is the society we have created.
It is reasonable that he (and the other Democrats) not waste valuable limited political resources on abortion, which already was protected, and focus on healthcare reform.
> not waste valuable limited political resources on abortion, which already was protected
It was not protected, as we now see.
The circumstances were that it was not a priority. It would have been stupid to waste the political will that was used to pass massive healthcare reform for something (overturning of roe v wade) that may or may not have occurred in the future.
I have no idea why anyone would take issue with actions and priorities taken in 2009 based on information available in 2009.