In what CCDHate called a 'huge win for our campaign against anti-abortion fake clinics,' Google announced it 'will label real clinics so users seeking abortions get the healthcare they need.'
to congressional Democrats and a statement to media outlets, Alphabet-owned Google reiterated its efforts to combat misleading advertisements and search results along with confirming that the company will clearly label whether medical facilities provide abortions.Google will start adding clear labels to search and map listings for healthcare facilities that provide abortions. The change comes in light of the Supreme Court's decision to strip federal abortion rights.
"When people turn to Google to find local information, we aim to help them easily explore the range of places available so they can determine which are most helpful to them," a Google spokesperson said in a statement."For a number of categories where we've received confirmation that places offer specific services, we've been working for many months on more useful ways to display those results.
"We're now rolling out an update that makes it easier for people to find places that offer the services they've searched for, or broaden their results to see more options," the spokesperson added."We followed our standard testing and evaluation process to confirm that these updates are more helpful for people."
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