Google asked to prove it’s not suppressing anti-abortion search results


A cursor moves over Google’s search engine page Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Portland, Oregon. Some federal lawmakers urged Google last month to limit the appearance of anti-abortion pregnancy clinics in certain abortion-related search results. Now, 17 Republican attorneys general, including Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, are warning the company that doing so could invite legal action. Their letter Thursday, July 21, 2022, to the CEO of Google parent Alphabet Inc. criticizes the letter signed by 21 members of Congress, which points to the prominence of anti-abortion pregnancy clinics in searches for abortion services. — AP

Republican attorneys general from 17 US states are asking Alphabet Inc’s Google to provide assurances that the search giant isn’t suppressing results for crisis pregnancy centres in favour of abortion clinics.

The letter, part of a campaign spearheaded by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, asks Google to resist a June 17 call from Democratic lawmakers to “limit the appearance of pro-life clinics” in search results.

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