Anti-Abortion Groups Try a New Intimidation Tactic: Make Abortion Records Public

[sheshe2]

Anti-choice extremists in Indiana are trying to force the release of records for the very few legal abortions in the state (146 in 2024). The purpose is to intimidate patients and providers and expose them to harassment, arrests, and violence.

— Global Abortion Rights News (@globalabortionnews.bsky.social) 2026-02-08T02:41:25.363Z

An anti-choice group called “Voices for Life” is trying a new strategy to put a target on the backs of abortion providers and recipients in the state, seeking to make potentially identifying details about them publicly available.

If the group succeeds in forcing Indiana to publicly release records associated with all abortions performed there, abortion providers won’t be facing abstract risks. Eleven abortion providers have been murdered in the U.S. since 1993, and abortion clinics continue to experience arson attacks and invasions. From 2023 to 2024, there were 37 reported cases of stalking and 38 reported cases of assault and battery against abortion providers.

In states with total or near-total abortion bans, providers and patients alike face the threat of criminalization that has already caused the death of several pregnant people by delaying or denying access to life-saving abortion care

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Indiana’s abortion ban was passed almost immediately in 2022 after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. The law was initially blocked by an Indiana judge, but in 2023, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the law could go into effect. Since then, nearly every abortion in Indiana has been illegal.

https://truthout.org/articles/anti-abortion-groups-try-a-new-intimidation-tactic-make-abortion-records-public/
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“Voices for Life” my ass, women are dying due to denied critical care.

[ret5hd]

1. Hey...as soon as you make your browser history public.

I take that back...not even then. But we can start there.

[wcmagumba]

2. Not only is this unethical but it seems illegal as they want to reveal private medical information...

[sakabatou]

3. I'm sure the anti-choice forces would be perfectly fine to have the names and addresses

outed into the public. It's only fair, right?

[synni]

4. Don't you wish they would go after child molesters this hard?

It's rather telling, don't you think?

[sheshe2]

5. Yes, I agree on both counts, synni.