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Last Friday, the United States Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion, creating chaos in society.
Following the ruling, Facebook and Instagram have decided to remove posts that talk about abortion pills.
As of 2018, the rate in the United States was 13.5 abortions per thousand women ages 14 to 55.
After eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, the consequences continue to add up and, now, on Facebook and Instagram are removing the posts about abortion pills.
At this point, it is no secret that we live in a context in which social networks have become an essential tool of daily life. Beyond being spaces for interaction between people -which they are-, we are talking about multipurpose platforms and spaces where users share all kinds of experiences.
we talked about that Facebook is, in short, the most used social network on the planet, with its nearly 3 billion registered usersas revealed We Are Social and Hootsuite.
So, taking into account these data, it is clear that, at present, people have decided to use their social networks to publicize all kinds of situations that, yes or yes, affect the lives of Internet users.
Facebook and Instagram delete posts about abortion pills
The last friday, The United States Supreme Court has voted to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wadewhich granted constitutional protection to the right to abortion, a legal precedent that dates back to 1973.
Now, with the decision of the authorities, each state will decide, under its own rules, whether or not to prohibit interruptions of pregnancy, a decision that, of course, has caused a great revolt and social protest in the country.
Companies like Disney, Amazon and Netflix, to name a few, also joined the conversation, stating that they will pay for the trip to those women. who wish to interrupt their pregnancy when the conditions in their state do not allow it, that is, it is prohibited.
“Netflix, Paramount, Comcast, Sony, Warner Bros-Discovery and Amazon.com will reimburse the expenses of traveling to other states of workers who want to interrupt their pregnancies,” Discussing Film mentioned through Twitter.
As expected, and taking into account the relevance of social networks, people are taking advantage of their platforms to communicate with each other. This is the case of Facebook and Instagram where, in recent days, users began to make posts so that people can get abortion pills or even to send them by mail.
According to what is reported in different international media, this Meta decision has to do with an alleged violation of a policy on pharmaceutical productswhich is why posts are instantly deleted on their social platforms.
After the decision of the Supreme Court, various mobilizations have been carried out in the country; women who, from various trenches, have demonstrated against the ruling.
Given this, various pro-life groups in the United States have begun to use platforms such as TikTok and Snapchat to track women who want to attend abortion clinics and thereby monitor their pregnancies and prevent them from aborting.
According to recent research, Snapchat and TikTok feature some pregnancy test adssame that, supposedly, are financed with public funds destined to create alternative programs to abortion.
According to what has been reported, 9 out of 10 advertisements that are related to pregnancy have behind anti-abortion clinics or therapies that could affect women’s health.
One of the practices that is being spread the most by these pro-life groups is the promotion to reverse abortion, considered dangerous by the country’s medical institutions.
At the moment, it is not known exactly which states will prohibit the interruption of pregnancy, although it is estimated that in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, among others, the practice will continue to be legal. The situation may be more tense once the list of places where it is decided that the practice of abortion can be punished is released, which will mark a point of study for companies, politicians and civil society.