An increasingly invasive trove of data is available for law enforcement to track people seeking care that's now banned in many states.
data, which could be used to track abortion-seekers, with authorities in states like Texas and Oklahoma where abortion is banned.
“Traditionally, we know from abortion prosecutions that prosecutors have turned to individual cell phones. They want your texts, your internet search history, they want your location history, which can be sourced from your phone. But sometimes phones aren’t available,” said Eleni Manis, a senior researcher at S.T.O.P.
The report examined common forms of transportation and accommodation that people might use when crossing state lines, such as private car travel, air travel, or public transit like buses and trains. For accommodation, the types included hotels or staying in private homes.
And it is nearly impossible to stay in hotels or motels anonymously. Many hotels share personal information with third-party data brokers that can be purchased by law enforcement, the report says. And some chains, such as Motel 6, have a long“If I needed to seek criminalized care, I would take a plane, or a train, or a bus to a big city where anybody might go see a play, go shopping, do anything else, and I’d obtain my care there in an anonymous city,” Manis said.
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