Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuit argues Yelp appended “misleading” labels to the facilities, which aim to dissuade women from having abortions
Yelp added a label to pregnancy resource centers in Texas clarifying they “typically provide limited medical services and may not have licensed medical professionals on-site,” according to the lawsuit. Paxton’s office called that label “misleading and often untrue,” and said Yelp left the label up “until reproached by Attorney General Paxton earlier this year.”
Yelp said in a statement on Thursday that its earlier label was “truthful” but that its language for antiabortion pregnancy center listings has since been changed. “This is a Crisis Pregnancy Center,” it now reads. “Crisis Pregnancy Centers do not offer abortions or referrals to abortion providers.
that creates new protections for sensitive health data, responding to concerns that data stored or sold by tech companies could be used to aid prosecutions related to abortions.Meanwhile, there have been attempts within Republican legislatures to limit access to information about how to obtain an abortion. Last year, the South Carolina state legislators
Internet companies that provide directory and mapping services have struggled with their approach amid the shifting laws. Google
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