Some of the most horrible predictions about a post-Roe v. Wade America are coming true as women contend with the new reality:

• The story of a 10-year-old rape victim who had to be transported from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion was too much for some to believe. It's true.

• Indiana's state government, by the way, is in the process of moving to severely limit abortion services.

• Bills in Congress to guarantee women's rights to travel across state lines for medical care were blocked by Republicans in the Senate.

That seeking an abortion could break the law means people in states that restrict abortion must consider the trail of evidence they leave behind when they use their phones and computers as they look to obtain medical care.

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RELATED: What abortion access looks like in your state

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Google searches, location data and communications could all be used in an abortion prosecution; they're used every day in American courtrooms for other cases.

CNN's report about how personal data could be used to enforce anti-abortion laws outlined the lengths to which state authorities could go to enforce new laws.

I talked to Albert Fox Cahn, a lawyer and founder of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, about what's happening, what could conceivably happen and how laws should be changed to protect people's data privacy.

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Our phone conversation, edited lightly for flow, is below.

Some of the most horrible predictions about a post-Roe v. Wade America are coming true as women contend with the new reality:

• The story of a 10-year-old rape victim who had to be transported from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion was too much for some to believe. It's true.

• Indiana's state government, by the way, is in the process of moving to severely limit abortion services.

• Bills in Congress to guarantee women's rights to travel across state lines for medical care were blocked by Republicans in the Senate.

That seeking an abortion could break the law means people in states that restrict abortion must consider the trail of evidence they leave behind when they use their phones and computers as they look to obtain medical care.

*

RELATED: What abortion access looks like in your state

*

Google searches, location data and communications could all be used in an abortion prosecution; they're used every day in American courtrooms for other cases.

CNN's report about how personal data could be used to enforce anti-abortion laws outlined the lengths to which state authorities could go to enforce new laws.

I talked to Albert Fox Cahn, a lawyer and founder of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, about what's happening, what could conceivably happen and how laws should be changed to protect people's data privacy.

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Our phone conversation, edited lightly for flow, is below.