The crisis of abortion rights in the United States: the confrontation, tearing society of the two parties, and the "legal dilemma" facing Silicon Valley technology giants

On June 24, local time, at the entrance of the Supreme Court of the United States, countless American women were anxiously waiting for an important decision to announce.

When the "Luo Jie Wade Case" was knocked down by the overthrow, the United States' constitutional protection of women's abortion rights for nearly half a century was ended, and countless people shed tears of grief.

In front of the American Embassy outside the US Supreme Court and many European countries, the painful and angry abortion supporters shouted loud slogans- "Guarantee the legalization of abortion!", "This is my choice!", Tried to protest.

In the overwhelming condemnation, the "tear" of American society appeared, and the Conservative Party announced "victory." California in the free party base camp, the lost technology giants have a legitimate abortion right. Under the "confrontation" of abortion and anti -abortion, what technology companies need to face is questioning the sound of whether the society is necessary for collecting personal data.

On June 24, the abortion supporters protested outside the Federal Supreme Court in Washington, the capital of the United States.

Photo source: Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie

"Tragedy" "backstur"

According to the "Dobes Profile Jackson Women's Health Organization Case" announced by the US Supreme Court, the court overturned the "Luo Lo Deer Case" with 5 votes to 4 votes. The right to abortion is directly affected.

In 1973, the "Luo Jie Wade Case" had left a strong stroke in the history of American judicial history, and it was also a milestone case in the history of American judicial history. This was a case between the US civilians and the local courts. In the end, under the ruling of the Supreme Law Justice at the time, women were given the basic right to legitimate abortion within three months of pregnancy.

The "Roman Case" was overthrown and ended the constitutional protection of women's abortion in the past 50 years. This ruling also means that the power of the United States will be given the power to formulate an abortion law. It is expected that almost half of the state will announce that abortion will be illegal or strictly restricting abortion.

This shocking global reversal quickly swept the front page of the global media, occupied the search headlines of major social media, and attracted strong attention from all walks of life.

On June 24, local time, US President Biden delivered a television speech. Biden condemned the Supreme Court's decision to overthrow the "Luo Verid Case", saying that the Supreme Court made "tragedy mistakes". "The Supreme Court brought the United States back 150 years ago. I think this is a sad day for courts and countries," he said.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nanxi Pelosi, also condemned the behavior of the US Supreme Court is "eroding the right of Americans" and said that the ruling was a "insult" to women and "a slap in women." She said angrily, "Today, the Supreme Court controlled by the Republican Party has achieved their dark and extreme goals, depriving women of the right to make reproductive health decisions."

US Minister of Justice Merrick Garland said on the same day that the Ministry of Justice's "strong opposition" of the Supreme Court's decision, this decision has canceled for half a century to be regarded as an important right to feminine equality and freedom. He added that the decision of the Supreme Court did not affect the legalization of abortion within its state jurisdiction.

The United Nations and the World Health Organization also came out for the first time. On the 24th, a UN Secretary -General spokesman Diaryk said that the United Nations repeatedly reiterated that reproductive rights are an important part of women's rights and a principle of human rights safeguarded by international agreements. Essence Restrictions on abortion will not prevent people from pursuing abortion, and will only make abortion more dangerous.

Tan Detai, Director of the World Health Organization, said that he was disappointed with the U.S. Supreme Court's abolition of abortion rights. "I am very disappointed because women's rights should be protected. I thought the United States would protect these rights."

At the same time, French President Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, and British Prime Minister Johnson also said that abortion is a basic right of all women, or expressing sympathy for women in America. "I must say that this is a very Big backward, "Johnson sighed.

On June 24, supporters of abortion rights protested on the streets of New York, USA.

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Conservative "victory", "tear" in the United States

In the overwhelming condemnation, the "tear" of American society is also emerging.

The Associated Press wrote in a report published on the same day, "This ruling was unimaginable a few years ago. This is the three highest in the abortion right against the camp for decades. The court right judge made it come true. "

Public information shows that the Supreme Court of the United States is usually composed of a chief judge and eight judges. The judges are nominated by President of the United States and must be appointed after voting by the US Senate. And once the Senate confirmed the appointment, the judge enjoys a lifetime term, and they do not need to obey their original political parties, presidents, and Senate to judge.

According to reports, many political contradictions and election results that the United States cannot solve, and finally the Supreme Court ruling. Trump's previous nomination changed the ecology of the Supreme Court and broke the political balance of the United States. Of the nine judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, six are conservatives, 3 liberals, and conservatives have an overwhelming advantage.

In the ruling, Samuel Alto, a conservative judge, wrote that the "Roman Case" demonstration was weak and did not solve the problem of abortion. The decision to reiterate the abortion right in the Cases of Family Planning Organization is wrong, and it must be overturned. The "Cases of Family Planning Organization in Southeast Pennsylvania" is another milestone case of the Supreme Court of the United States on abortion. According to the majority of the judges at the time, the court supported the "Luoje Vedest Case". Abortion right.

Standing in the same camp with Conservative Justice Samuel Alto, the Judge Krarence Thomas, Neil Gosac, Breta Kavano, Emi Connie Barrett, The latter three were nominated by Trump. Thirty years ago, Clarence Thomas voted against the "Roman Case".

Another Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts did not join his conservative colleagues, and the other three liberal judges Stephen Brey, Sonia Sodomar, and Elena Cagan were also conservative The judges have different opinions. But under the number of conservative judges, the number of voting results was 5-4, which was undoubtedly the "victory" of conservatives.

After the verdict was announced, Biden and the Democratic Party lost their expressions to condemn, while Trump and the Republican Party praised it. Trump claimed that the ruling was "the biggest victory of a generation" and attributed the "victory today" to the Supreme Court who sent the three conservative judges to the Supreme Court during his term. Former US Vice President Pence also stated in a statement that the Supreme Court's verdict gave the American people's life a "new start".

Opponents of abortion rights quickly cheered for this ruling. More than 20 states in the United States are expected to ban or strictly restrict abortion. Among them, the abortion ban in 13 states will take effect immediately after being overthrown by the "Robe Case". Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

Green is a state that protects legal abortion rights; the deeper yellow, the more it means that the more the abortion rights are forbidden.

On the other side, lonely abortion supporters can only protest. 83 prosecutors from 28 states including California, New York State, and Virginia have swore that they would not sue for women who seeks and implement abortion because the Supreme Court's decision is "unreasonable."

According to the Associated Press and polls, most American people believe that abortion should be legal in most cases, and only 10%of the interviewed people believe that abortion should be illegal under any circumstances. Nevertheless, the ruling has been announced, and a new round of struggle is about to begin.

Biden said in a television speech that the ruling of the Supreme Court was not the ultimate decision. He called on Congress to act to protect women's abortion rights and call on voters to choose members who support women's abortion rights in the midterm elections.

In November 2022, the United States will hold mid -term elections, and the result of the dispute between the two parties will inevitably stab the hearts of the abortion rights supporters who have fallen into grief on this day.

On June 24, the abortion supporters protested in United Plaza, New York, USA.

Photo source: Xinhua News Agency to send Guo Ke

Paying travel expenses, Silicon Valley giants have the right to abandon abortion

Angry and disappointment not only Biden, but also technology giants in Silicon Valley.

After the news of the overthrown ruling came out, the Microsoft spokesman told the media that the company had provided the most comprehensive fertility rights to employees and their families. "We insist on these policies not shaken."

Melinda Frankage Gates, co -chairman of the Gates Foundation, directly rebuked the decision of the Supreme Court as "serious retrogression." "A government that has never guaranteed gender equality has penetrated into the most private corner of women's life, telling her that her choice of her body no longer belongs to herself." She said.

On this day, Google sent an email to the company's employees, announcing that employees who work affected by the new ruling can apply for relocation.

Although Google did not give a clear explanation to this policy, the chief manpower officer Fiona Sikonini expressed the company's attitude in the email: "This is a profound change in our country, which deeply affects it. Many of us, especially women. "She also wrote:" Google employees can apply for relocation without a legitimate reason, and those who supervise this procedure will understand the situation. "

The headquarters of most well -known technology companies in the United States is located in California, and California is a Liberal Democratic Lawli Lanzhou. Therefore, these technology companies are basically the same as the Democratic Party's claims, and they all clearly support the right of women to freely choose abortion. In California, women's abortion is considered legal. Therefore, technology giants have always strived to ensure that employees have free fertility conditions.

Apple stated in an internal memorandum last September that he was paying attention to the legal lawsuit of the abortion law in Texas. Apple said at the time that the company's welfare enabled employees to obtain medical services outside the state when their state could not obtain medical care.

After the announcement of the new ruling, Apple also issued a statement saying that employees can use the company's benefits to other states to receive medical care. Apple said that employees have enjoyed this benefit for more than ten years. "As we said before, we support employees to enjoy their own decisions in reproductive health," said Apple spokesman. Similar to Apple, many other technology companies such as Alphabet, Amazon and Meta have also made similar commitments to employees to provide financial support for employees' reproductive needs.

In May of this year, Microsoft has just joined the medical security reimbursement directory provided to employees and family members to add travel costs for abortion or transsexual surgery. The cost of employees for these operations itself is also reimbursed by the company.

Microsoft emphasized that the company's employees seek abortion at any place in the United States, and Microsoft will provide travel expenses for reimbursement. "Microsoft will continue to do our best in accordance with the law to support our employees and their registered families to obtain key medical protection." Microsoft spokesman said.

Amazon also announced in early May that it can reimburse the heavier medical treatment of American employees, including abortion. Amazon said in the information sent to employees that the company will provide a travel expenses of up to 4,000 US dollars (about RMB 26,800) for employees who cannot be treated nearby.

The streaming giant Nai Fei has stated that the company will provide travel reimbursement for full -time American employees and their families who need abortion through their medical plan. In addition, the company provides a lifelong allowance of $ 10,000 for each employee and/or their families.

Facebook's parent company Meta intends to provide travel expenses for employees who need to obtain foreign medical care and reproductive services within the scope of law. "In view of the legal complexity involved, we are evaluating how to do this best." Meta said.

On June 24, the abortion supporters protested outside the Federal Supreme Court in Washington, the capital of the United States.

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Technology companies are worried about the "accomplice" of law enforcement agencies

Although the technology giants support the legal abortion rights of employees, the judgment of the US Supreme Court makes them feel disturbed because they may have to hand over data related to consumers to the law enforcement department.

Today, with the development of Internet information, law enforcement departments are increasingly inclined to find clues and criminal evidence through network data.

In May 2019, the prosecutor of Mississippi was accused of a murder of a murder of the second level because her smartphone showed that she had searched abortion drugs in the later pregnancy. The investigators downloaded the woman's mobile phone memory data, which investigated her online search history.

The woman also acknowledged that she had searched on the Internet, with keywords including "how to induce abortion", "buy abortion medicine online", "buying meterone, macolyterol" and so on. According to the regional prosecutor's office, the woman placed an order to buy the frontol to the abortion after searching.

As the state has successively introduced laws that restrict abortion in the future, representatives of the US science and technology industry organizations say they are worried that the police will be authorized to obtain customer search history, geographical location and other information that plans to terminate pregnancy. Prosecutors can also obtain the same information through subpoena.

"Cynthia Conti-COOK", a technical researcher at the Ford Foundation, said: "It is likely that relevant departments will ask these technology companies to provide information related to search history and access to websites."

Once the law enforcement department has obtained such information, there may be more people who seek abortion or provide abortion services in the state where illegal abortion will be convicted for violation of state laws.

In this context, the issues that technology giants have faced for a long time have become more and more acute on the necessity and security of privacy data.

Last month, 42 Democratic members of the United States, Zeng, co -named the CEO of Sandal Picha, CEO of Giveter, urging Google to stop collecting and preserving unnecessary or non -aggregating location data, because these data may be used to identify women who are seeking abortion.

Members wrote in the joint letter: "We are worried that in the place where abortion may be designated as illegal, Google currently collects and retains a large number of data records related to mobile phone location, which will make it a tool to crack down on women who seek reproductive health care. . Because Google stores the historical location information of hundreds of millions of mobile phone users, and the company usually share these data with government agencies. "

The letter stated that Google said that in 2020 had received 11554 geographical fence orders, such orders required technology companies to provide data from everyone in a specific region in a specific time period. However, it is not clear that Google cooperates with relevant departments to conduct investigations.

In addition, the four Democratic parliament members asked the Federal Trade Commission on June 24 to conduct more investigations on Apple and Google's suspected collection and selling personal information. They believe that Apple's iOS system and Google's Android system both use a unique tracking identifier to mark specific user devices to facilitate them for advertising push. As a result, government and private data agencies can use this tracking identifier symbols Let's collect data from a certain consumer.

Members believe that the tracking logo has caused hundreds of millions of Americans to face serious privacy damage, and those who "seek abortion and other reproductive health care" are particularly vulnerable to damage.At present, the U.S. Congress is vigorously promoting privacy legislation, hoping to respond to the concerns of personal information issues brought about by the latest ruling of the "Luo Verid Case", but it is still unknown whether the proposal can be successfully passed.

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