Companies & Abortion Data

What is happening? California Legislature passed AB1242 (2022 | CA) that would prevent a California based company from disclosing to an out of state agency abortion related data. This would prohibit California companies from disclosing information pursuant to a warrant  related to an abortion.

Why is this important? The authors of the legislation say “We have no obligation to be complicit in enforcing laws that are antithetical to our own values and legal system in California.”

How will this be important? Might as well start moving the abacus, California isn’t alone in this.

Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan and Attorney General Bonta’s Legislation Protecting Digital Information on Abortion Heads to the Governor