State attorneys general and lawmakers are targeting websites that publish information about abortion access, even when those sites do not sell or prescribe medication. EFF says Alabama and Arkansas sent cease-and-desist demands to groups including Plan C and Mayday Health, North Dakota pressured Prairie Abortion Fund over links to outside resources, and South Dakota passed a law that Mayday Health says could criminalize online abortion-related "advertising" and informational speech.
Why it matters: This is a live censorship and digital-rights issue affecting people seeking health information and the groups that publish it. It matters beyond abortion because legal threats, takedown demands, and broad speech restrictions can chill lawful online information and set precedent for suppressing other sensitive topics.
Lisa Femia
2026.06.25
100% relevant
This article establishes a concrete, ongoing censorship campaign centered on specific state legal threats and laws aimed at abortion-information websites, rather than updating an existing tracked event.
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