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Technology Transforms Abortion Privacy
- The post-Roe world differs fundamentally due to digital technology tracking intimate personal data.
- Phones save location, demographics, and interests that data brokers and authorities can exploit.
Latice Fisher's Legal Ordeal
- Latice Fisher was charged with second degree murder for a stillbirth, based on the 400-year-old float test and her phone's search history.
- This case foreshadowed digital privacy challenges in post-Roe America where data is used as evidence.
Old Tests Meet Digital Evidence
- The outdated lung float test, reminiscent of witch trials, remains used in prosecuting stillbirths.
- Phone search histories, such as looking up abortion pills, are now used as evidence of motive.