The letter, part of a campaign spearheaded by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, asks Google to resist a June 17 call from Democratic lawmakers to “limit the appearance of pro-life clinics” in search results.The legislators had written to Alphabet chief executive officer Sundar Pichai about “disturbing” reports of Google’s search results for “abortion” and “abortion pill” directing people to crisis pregnancy centres, which attempt to steer women away from abortions.
They had asked Alphabet to limit results for those centres for people seeking abortion services or to provide disclaimers that indicate such organisations do not offer abortion care.“Google appears to have caved to those demands,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in the statement Tuesday. Alphabet has not announced any changes to searches related to reproductive health care in the last month and results for abortion still regularly serve up crisis pregnancy centres.
Google didn’t respond to a request for further comment and the Texas attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to questions asking what changes he was referring to in his comments.Technology giants are also facing questions about whether they will hand over user data to authorities in states that have banned or severely limited abortion.
The letter asks Alphabet if its treating crisis pregnancy centres “any differently” than they were before. They gave the search giant 14 days to respond. The letter came from a mix of states where abortion is banned, such at Texas and Mississippi, and others such as Virginia and Montana, where abortion is not restricted. – Bloomberg
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