[vinckr]

the most obvious is that abortions are illegal in the US and you can monitor that status through the app.

So in extreme cases if you are pregnant and the baby is going to kill you, you aren't allowed to abort it - get an illegal abortion - woops the app spied on me and now you are in prison.

[zdragnar]

Elective abortions are illegal in some states. Even the most restrictive states, like those with six week bans, include exemptions for things like ectopic pregnancy and preeclampsia.

Further, nationwide abortion rates are at an all-time high. The fall of Roe vs Wade has not moved the needle on that count.

[const_cast]

While the letter of the law is one thing, the other aspect we have to consider is the intentional chilling effects these laws introduce. Doctors and providers are understandably more much hesitant to administer abortions, even in circumstances where it would be legal.

In highly restrictive states, the result is it's very difficult to get a doctor to stand by your abortion, even if you really need it. And, more concerning, some out-of-state doctors won't do it either, for fear of prosecution. States like Texas have demonstrated they intend to overstep and prosecute individuals getting abortions in other states.

For doctors, it's a game of risk-reward. They need to balance their own personal safety and employment, as well as their medical license and reputation. Many have decided it's not worth the risk.

[jedimastert]

More than just elective abortions, the ambiguity of the laws and serious threat to doctors are also preventing life-saving abortions

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/investigation-links-georgi...

[giantg2]

I didn't really see laws as a threat to safety. While their enforcement can be, that train of thinking can be applied to anything. If you have a machine gun that isn't registered, is the app you took notes about it in a threat to your safety, or is it the law/enforcement? You can have people believe very strongly that abortion is a right or that owning an unregistered machine gun is a right. There may be implicit value based bias if we want to treat circumventing one scenario more favorably than circumventing another. At the heart of the issue, society/government is a threat to anyone who is breaking the law, which is implicitly how laws work.

[jedimastert]

> I didn't really see laws as a threat to safety.

I'm going to lay off of responding to you after this, I know I've made a couple of responses and quick succession, but these laws are a threat to safety in that they are preventing women from getting life-saving medical attention. Here is one example but there are many

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/investigation-links-georgi...