Democrats urge tech companies to contain abortion misinformation::House Democrats on Thursday called on Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk to push back on the “rapid spread of abortion misinformation and disinformation,” with the lawmakers saying people are being discouraged from receiving abortion services due to “bad medical advice.” The Democratic representatives on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee said the misinformation and disinformation…
The only “health risk” there is in abortions is making a biological system function incorrectly. Even if the mother is in danger, there are many other solutions than termination (C-Sections for a start).
And, let’s just say it’s okay for rape/incest, those only account for about 3% of abortions (feel free to fact-check me on that).
The only “misinformation” here is pro-choicers trying to silence pro-lifers trying to fight for what they believe in.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 11 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Democratic representatives on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee said the misinformation and disinformation being spread online was putting people’s health at risk.
“As the legal status of abortion changes across the country and a number of state legislatures impose drastic new restrictions on health care choices, people seeking information about abortion care and services turn to [Facebook, Instagram, and X] for accurate and reliable information—not propaganda,” the lawmakers stated in the letter.
“Yet individuals and groups that are anti-choice are promoting dangerously inaccurate medical information and false content about abortion online.”
They noted posts and advertisements for products that claimed to be able to reverse chemical abortions, something the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has said is “unproven and unethical.”
The House Democrats pointed to an apparent double standard when it came to posts relating to abortion on Musk’s platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
The lawmakers requested that Musk and Zuckerberg take action to tamp down the misinformation and also asked that a briefing be provided to Oversight Committee staffers.
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