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 Past being prologue and all that, Margaret Atwood has said nothing in The Handmaiden's Tale did not have historical precedent.

Now we have Facebook gave police their private data. Now, this duo face abortion charges.

But when local Nebraska police came knocking in June – before Roe v Wade was officially overturned – Facebook handed the user data of a mother and daughter facing criminal charges for allegedly carrying out an illegal abortion. Private messages between the two discussing how to obtain abortion pills were given to police by Facebook, according to the Lincoln Journal Star. The 17-year-old, reports say, was more than 20 weeks pregnant. In Nebraska, abortions are banned after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The teenager is now being tried as an adult.

How People Get Caught for Self-Managed Abortions—and Who Tips Off the Police:

“The research really clearly confirms that the biggest threat to the privacy of abortion seekers is other people,” said Laura Huss, senior researcher for If/When/How. “That breakdown of trust and ethics and the patient-doctor relationship is really alarming.”

 Fascism can happen here.

So where do you stand - for freedom or against?

sch 8/12/22