http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220728-181720-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/accessing-information-about-abortion/ Accessing Information about Abortion - The Role of Online Platforms Under the EU Digital Services Act Kuczerawy, Aleksandra Dutkiewicz, Lidia eng 2022-07-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Abortion Dobbs DSA Freedom of Expression Platform Regulation Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The U.S. Supreme Court decision of 24 June 2022 overruled a half century of precedent supporting a constitutional right to abortion across the U.S. established in 1973 in Roe v. Wade. Essentially, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization left the decision on abortion to individual states. The ruling, although astonishing, was not necessarily a surprise, after its draft had leaked a few weeks earlier. But to the surprise of many, almost immediately, Facebook and Instagram started removing posts informing about access to abortion pills, the Associated Press and Vice first reported.