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this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
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If you read the entire article, it explains her family reached out to the police concerned about her safety after she had an abortion and they didn't hear from her. That the term "abortion" was included in the reason for this search makes little difference to what actually happened, because the reason listed could be anything, this is just what her family reported.
The problem is this database exists at all, but the example listed here is not a good one to highlight the evil this sort of surveillance can perpetuate, because the outcome here is "woman found safe."