We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Lawmakers who support reproductive rights must recognize that abortion access and mass surveillance are incompatible. The systems built to track stolen cars and issue parking tickets have become tools to enforce the most personal and politically charged laws in the country.

In a chilling sign of how far law enforcement surveillance has encroached on personal liberties, 404 Media recently revealed that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. The officer searched 6,809 different camera networks maintained by surveillance tech company Flock Safety, including states where abortion access is protected by law, such as Washington and Illinois. The search record listed the reason plainly: “had an abortion, search for female.”

  • @Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
    19•4 days ago

    Which is funny since Americans always called French cowards. But who are the real cowards?

    • Björn Tantau
      4•4 days ago

      Of course the people opposing an illegitimate war are the cowards. Not those ordering poor people to die on the other side of the world.

      Freedom fries indeed.