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ck4829

(35,038 posts)
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 07:41 AM Jun 2022

The Impotence of the Fourth Amendment in a Post-Roe World

The year is 2023. It’s been one year since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which the court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The state in which Jessica lives prohibits and criminalizes abortion for any reason, defining a fertilized egg as a person. Jessica tells her friends and family that she had a miscarriage at 11 weeks of pregnancy. One of her roommates doesn’t believe her and reports her to the local police for having had an abortion.

The local police investigate Jessica for what they believe is a possible violation of the state’s law criminalizing abortion. Based on the initial investigation, police officers determine that Jessica wanted to terminate her pregnancy and was trying to find the “abortion drug.” They obtain a warrant to search her phone. On her phone, they discover evidence that she searched for information about abortion and purchased mifepristone and misoprostol. These drugs can cause an abortion, but they are also used to help women complete the process of miscarriage. They also find evidence of when she had her last period on a period-tracking app, which further substantiates that she was pregnant for 11 weeks. The evidence obtained from Jessica’s phone is used to prosecute her for violating the state’s law criminalizing abortion.

This is the type of surveillance and investigation of women’s private health and reproductive decisions we can expect if Roe is, in fact, overturned.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/impotence-fourth-amendment-post-roe-world

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The Impotence of the Fourth Amendment in a Post-Roe World (Original Post) ck4829 Jun 2022 OP
Not only that... 2naSalit Jun 2022 #1
In the Handmaid's Tale intheflow Jun 2022 #4
Here's a digital band-aid. Work for a cure. usonian Jun 2022 #2
That sounds like how it's done in the nation of El Salvador LastDemocratInSC Jun 2022 #3

2naSalit

(86,330 posts)
1. Not only that...
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 08:35 AM
Jun 2022

Women will be forced into labor camps where they will end up slaves to whatever the facility overlord deems is appropriate punishment.

Glad I'm beyond reproductive age.

intheflow

(28,442 posts)
4. In the Handmaid's Tale
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 11:09 AM
Jun 2022

(the book, I don't know if it's in the tv show), women beyond childbearing age were also sent to forced labor camps - often because they were considered uppity for resisting the fascist takeover.

LastDemocratInSC

(3,646 posts)
3. That sounds like how it's done in the nation of El Salvador
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 09:40 AM
Jun 2022

which translates to "The Savior". Birds of a feather flock together.

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