The future of privacy rights in a post-Roe world

Privacy experts fear the Supreme Court's decision to overturn federal abortion rights will erode other key protections and expose daily life online to criminal investigations.

Why it matters: The federal right to an abortion provided by Roe v. Wade had its foundation in the conception of a personal right to privacy, broadly believed to cover everything from contraception use to same-sex marriage.

The Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization opens the door to overturning those protections.

What they're saying: "I do think that there are very legitimate reasons not...