Anti-Abortion Groups Ask State Attorneys General to Protect Them From Online Censorship

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Facing violence in the real world and censorship in the virtual one, anti-abortion groups are asking state attorneys general to do more to keep them from being wiped off the map -- Google map.
61% : The attorneys general of 17 states warned Google in an open letter on July 21 that the company might, if it continued censoring anti-abortion groups, be held in violation of antitrust laws.
59% : A lengthy timeline provided by CompassCare details when pressure was applied to the tech companies, when they complied, and how effectively anti-abortion groups were made invisible on maps and in searches.
57% : At the same time, Google raised Planned Parenthood to number 1 in all organic search results for keywords related to abortion, giving them millions of dollars worth of free advertising," CompassCare said in a public statement.
42% : Tension over abortion rights began even before the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision on June 23 overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade opinion that had made abortion a constitutionally protected right for nearly half a century.
42% : "Beginning on August 23, despite the threat of chief law enforcement (officers) in 17 different states, both Google and Yelp began the process of defaming and censoring pro-life pregnancy centers through misleading consumer warnings as well as wiping them off the map function so women who think abortion is their only choice could not find them.
40% : Cities including Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis, Austin, and Columbus, Ohio, have deprioritized enforcement of abortion regulations, deregulating abortionists, CompassCare charges.
34% : Here are some excerpts: -- On Nov. 4, 2021, Planned Parenthood posted on its website: "Crisis pregnancy centers (also called CPCs or "fake clinics") ...
31% : On July 12, Senator Elizabeth Warren called for the shut down of pregnancy centers: "In Massachusetts right now, those crisis pregnancy centers that are there to fool people who are looking for pregnancy termination," she told a television reporter.
27% : look like real health centers, but they have a shady, harmful agenda: to scare, shame, or pressure you out of getting an abortion, and to tell lies about abortion, birth control, and sexual health.

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