Cycles of Control: Reproductive rights and digital risks

About this episode

The episode discusses the intersection of reproductive rights and digital risks with insights from experts in the field.

This week we're talking to Martha Dimitratou from ReproUncensored, and PI's own Sarah Simms about the international landscape for reproductive rights, and including barriers to access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion; and how big tech are collaborating with or supporting tactics to make access to healthcare harder. Links - Learn more about Repro uncensored: https://www.reprouncensored.org/ (incident form) - Repro Uncensored incident report form: https://www.reprouncensored.org/report-incident - Adriana Smith's case: https://www.jezebel.com/georgia-takes-brain-dead-woman-off-life-support-after-using-her-corpse-as-incubator - More about Adriana's case: https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5405542/a-brain-dead-womans-pregnancy-raises-questions-about-georgias-abortion-law - UK Decriminalisation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2le12114j9o - Privacy International's Menstruation apps research: https://privacyinternational.org/learning-resources/no-bodys-business-mine-vol-2 - Research on Bing's Typo-searching: https://www.reprouncensored.org/research/bing - MSI on the Global impact of Roe V. Wade being overturned…

People in this episode

Guests: Martha Dimitratou, Sarah Simms

Topics covered

• reproductive rights
• digital risks
• healthcare access
• big tech
• abortion
• international landscape

Keywords

• reproductive rights
• digital privacy
• healthcare barriers
• big tech
• abortion access
• ReproUncensored
• Roe V. Wade
• Dobbs Decision

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ReproUncensored, Privacy International

Places: UK

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