Are abortion-seekers flocking to California? It's almost impossible to tell

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% :She was concerned that even releasing raw numbers of patients who have traveled from other states might aid anti-abortion activists and lawmakers seeking to track down providers and patients and pursue criminal charges against them.
47% : Data privacy experts have been raising the alarm that data from apps and websites, such as period tracking apps, could be used by law enforcement to prosecute women who have abortions .
42% :High traffic from states hostile to abortion would bolster Newsom's argument that his work to make California a haven for abortion seekers is important.
39% : The governor's office built the site itself and didn't contract with outside services in order to protect users' data from law enforcement in other states where abortions are illegal, Stack said.
34% : But his office refuses to say how many people have visited it from each state, numbers that would show whether it is attracting attention from people in states that are cracking down on abortion.

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