One in 10 results on Google lead to anti-abortion clinics.
In their letter to Google, lawmakers ask the search giant if it will limit or label these kinds of results going forward. “Directing women towards fake clinics that traffic in misinformation and don’t provide comprehensive health services is dangerous to women’s health and undermines the integrity of Google’s search results,” the letter reads.
Ads on Google also appear to be affected by the issue — according to the CCDH, almost 28 percent of ads appearing at the top of search result pages for abortion-related queries pertained to anti-choice clinics. In 2019, Google started
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