...While progressive leaders are doing what they can to create sanctuary states and protect those seeking care, a new report from the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P) highlights the way conservative states can utilize surveillance tools to track their residents’ movements.

“Prosecutors and state officials can use countless surveillance tools, from automated license plate readers to street cameras, to identify and track those seeking, facilitating, or assisting out-of-state care,” the report explains. “They can also weaponize commercially available surveillance data. S.T.O.P. used one data broker’s platform to place the homes of visitors to an Illinois abortion clinic across the river in Missouri, where abortion is banned.”

...“Car travel is especially susceptible to surveillance,” the report states. “Worse yet, car data lends itself to profiling yet unknown healthcare seekers… Automated surveillance of cars is now pervasive, making it nearly impossible to travel untracked in a car.”

...What’s more, state attorneys general that have outlawed abortion and/or gender-affirming care have made it clear that preventing folks from violating these laws is a priority. This week, Republican attorneys general from 19 states sent a letter to the Biden administration demanding access to the private medical records of citizens who cross state lines to access abortion services or gender-affirming care in states where such care is legal.