Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday issued a consumer warning urging Michiganders to protect their data when using periods and fertility tracking programs.
While abortion remains legal in Michigan thanks to a preliminary injunction granted by a Michigan judge in May. Nessel says she is concerned that law enforcement may obtain a search warrant to gather evidence of a health application and use it as evidence against a woman who has had an abortion.
“It’s the kind of thing you think of when you think of drug dealers, or you think of human traffickers,” Nessel says.
Nessel says law enforcement officers should not be able to see private medical information to build a case against a woman who illegally received an abortion. She calls it an invasion of privacy that can scare not only women seeking an abortion, but couples trying to start a family.
“I have a lot of people I see who are really scared out there. I know many couples who have actually tried to get pregnant and they are scared for now. Because they do not know, ‘what if I have a miscarriage, I will be examined for it’, “Nessel continues. “It’s not the kind of thing you want to think about if it’s just you and your spouse and you’re trying to have a baby – and you’m watching your menstrual cycle for that purpose – you do not want it to be used against you. is being investigated in a criminal case. “
She says she hopes the people can decide this upcoming election. The Reproductive Freedom For All will submit more than 800,000 signatures on Monday to put the right to abortion on the state’s November ballot.
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