[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
June 29, 2022
From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.
Senators Introduce Bill To Protect Reproductive Health Data: ‘My Body, My Data’ [[link removed]]
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Anti-abortion governments and private entities are already using cutting-edge digital technologies to surveil women’s search history, location data, messages, online purchases and social media activities. (Ivan Radic / Flickr)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | On June 23, members of Congress introduced the Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act to crack down on false advertising related to abortion services by “crisis pregnancy centers” (CPCs). CPCs are anti-abortion organizations that masquerade as abortion clinics in order to interfere with access to reproductive healthcare by disseminating inaccurate, misleading and stigmatizing information about abortion and contraception. Despite appearances, most CPCs do not employ licensed medical personnel or provide referrals for birth control or abortion care.
In the House, the lead sponsors of the SAD Act are Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), In the Senate, the bill is led by Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
“No one should have to question that the person they are seeking medical advice from is actually a doctor or that information is accurate, objective and complete,” said Maloney. “It is truly disgusting that reproductive rights are being threatened and attacked by crisis pregnancy centers whose guiding principle is to mislead, misinform and outright lie to pregnant people in order to dissuade them from having an abortion. It is long past time that we prohibit these predatory tactics to undermine reproductive rights.”
The bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prohibit deceptive or misleading advertising related to the provision of abortion services and authorizes the FTC to enforce these rules by penalizing organizations in violation with fines of up to $100,000 or half of the parent organizations’ yearly revenues. The SAD Act requires the FTC to make a biannual report to Congress on enforcement actions.
“This legislation cracks down on disinformation by simply requiring the FTC to ensure honesty for those that advertise reproductive healthcare,” said Maloney.
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What we're reading:
Because it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. Here's what we're reading this week:
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"No,
Justice
Alito,
Reproductive
Justice
Is
in
the
Constitution”
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New
York
Times
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"Fears
of
violence
against
pro-choice
protests
intensify
amid
wave
of
attacks”
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Guardian
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"What
a
1978
trial
could
tell
us
about
future
criminal
abortion
cases”
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Washington
Post
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