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U.S. lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches that steer women to 'fake clinics'
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/exclusive-us-lawmakers-urge-google-fix-abortion-searches-that-steer-women-fake-2022-06-17/U.S. lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches that steer women to 'fake clinics'
By Diane Bartz
June 17, 2022
6:56 PM EDT
Last Updated 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) leading Google search engine to give accurate results to people seeking abortions rather than sometimes sending them to "crisis pregnancy centers," which steer woman away from the procedures.
The request came in a letter, whose top signatories were Senator Mark Warner and Representative Elissa Slotkin, sent to Google on Friday and first reported by Reuters.
The letter was prompted by a study released last week by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate. The study found that 11% of the results for a search for an "abortion clinic near me" or "abortion pill" in some states were for centers that oppose abortion.
The research was conducted in the 13 states with laws that would ban abortion if, as expected, the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized it nationwide as soon as this month.
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By Diane Bartz
June 17, 2022
6:56 PM EDT
Last Updated 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) leading Google search engine to give accurate results to people seeking abortions rather than sometimes sending them to "crisis pregnancy centers," which steer woman away from the procedures.
The request came in a letter, whose top signatories were Senator Mark Warner and Representative Elissa Slotkin, sent to Google on Friday and first reported by Reuters.
The letter was prompted by a study released last week by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate. The study found that 11% of the results for a search for an "abortion clinic near me" or "abortion pill" in some states were for centers that oppose abortion.
The research was conducted in the 13 states with laws that would ban abortion if, as expected, the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized it nationwide as soon as this month.
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Read yesterday FB is doing this!
