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6 U. Cent. Fla. Dep't Legal Stud. L.J. 113 (2023)
A Post-Roe World: The Dangers of Period-Tracking Apps and the Protection against Self-Incrimination

handle is hein.journals/ucflaegs6 and id is 114 raw text is: A POST-ROE WORLD: THE DANGERS OF PERIOD- TRACKING APPS AND THE PROTECTION AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION Bethany Boylan Introduction It was fifty years ago in January of 1973 that the monumental case of Roe v. Wade was decided. Within it, the right to privacy, as derived from the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, was applied to a woman's termination of her unborn fetus prior to the end of the first trimester of gestation.1 Through this decision, the matter of a mother's unborn child preceding viability was designated to her physician's medical judgment.2 Only subsequent to this period of nonviability could the state regulate such a procedure.3 A mere seven months before this significant anniversary, the United States Supreme Court effectively overturned the ruling through Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.4 The issue of abortion was thenceforth turned over to the states' discretion, as the federal Constitution was determined to hold no bearing on this right.5 Bans on abortion in thirteen states were immediately triggered following the decision, with more implementing similar restrictions in the ensuing months. Policing of the procedure has only increased, bringing the nation back to a time of surveillance and suspicion that most had considered long over. With the eradication of the protections ensured by Roe, the security of one's online information has come into question, particularly relating to those non-governmental services not required to adhere to state and federal privacy laws. The existence of a technologically advanced 1 Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). 2 Id. at 163. 3 Id. 4 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022). s Id. 113

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