Period Trackers and Big Data

All Of It with Alison Stewart | May 9, 2022

When The Supreme Court opinion draft addressing Roe v. Wade leaked to the public, some social media users started posting about how users of period trackers and ovulation apps should consider deleting them from their cell phones. Recode's Sara Morrison joins to explain this idea, and why privacy laws may need to be passed to protect women's rights, especially if Roe v. Wade is reversed.

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