Technology could now threaten women who seek abortions and the medical providers who perform them, University of North Carolina associate professor Zeynep Tufekci writes in The New York Times. She warned that in the wake of the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, “minimally” regulated digital technology could help law enforcement, or even vigilantes, track down women or abortion clinicians in states that would outlaw the procedure. She called for a “full legal and political reckoning” with how pervasive digital tech has become in peoples’ lives. Editor's note: IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, wrote about the privacy implications when the Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked. 
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