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Googling 'abortion clinic near me'? The top result often an anti-abortion clinic

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Re: Googling 'abortion clinic near me'? The top result often an anti-abortion clinic

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Post by potatototoo99 »

afavour wrote: post #9
hexis wrote: post #5

I just googled GitHub and the top results were ads for circleci and gitlab. Buying ads for competitors keywords is extremely normal. Gitlab would love to dissuade me from using GitHub, just as a crisis pregnancy center would love to dissuade me from getting an abortion.

In what way are these situations comparable? If you google GitHub you’re probably looking for source control. GitLab offers source control. If you google “abortion providers” you’re looking to get an abortion. The ads you see are specifically for people who want to look like abortion providers but actually seek to stop you from getting one and don’t provide any abortion services at all. It’s like googling GitHub and…

Like searching for how to commit suicide and the top results being about dissuading you from it?

Re: Googling 'abortion clinic near me'? The top result often an anti-abortion clinic

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Post by fkyoureadthedoc »

potatototoo99 wrote: post #11
afavour wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In what way are these situations comparable? If you google GitHub you’re probably looking for source control. GitLab offers source control. If you google “abortion providers” you’re looking to get an abortion. The ads you see are specifically for people who want to look like abortion providers but actually seek to stop you from getting one and don’t provide any abortion services at all. It’s like googling GitHub and…

Like searching for how to commit suicide and the top results being about dissuading you from it?

The analogy would work if suicide was legal and desirable and there were reputable suicide services a la Futurama.

Re: Googling 'abortion clinic near me'? The top result often an anti-abortion clinic

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Post by rajamaka »

shp0ngle wrote: post #12

From my point of view, as someone who is pro life, it’s fine; it’s like showing anti-suicide line when you look for “how to kill myself” Sure the person wants to kill himself but should he .

Do you think abortion clinics should be advertised when people search "churches near me"?

Re: Googling 'abortion clinic near me'? The top result often an anti-abortion clinic

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Post by Timon3 »

shp0ngle wrote: post #12

From my point of view, as someone who is pro life, it’s fine; it’s like showing anti-suicide line when you look for “how to kill myself” Sure the person wants to kill himself but should he .

Then it would only be fair if abortion clinics show up on any searches for pediatricians, anything related to birth preparation, schools and the like.

Re: Googling 'abortion clinic near me'? The top result often an anti-abortion clinic

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Post by rad_gruchalski »

fkyoureadthedoc wrote: post #13
potatototoo99 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like searching for how to commit suicide and the top results being about dissuading you from it?

The analogy would work if suicide was legal and desirable and there were reputable suicide services a la Futurama.

There are 20 countries in the world where suicide is considered illegal, which is a weird concept on its own. Here’s the map: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_legislation.

Now, if we talked about assisted suicide…

Re: Googling 'abortion clinic near me'? The top result often an anti-abortion clinic

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Post by john-radio »

hexis wrote: post #5

I just googled GitHub and the top results were ads for circleci and gitlab. Buying ads for competitors keywords is extremely normal. Gitlab would love to dissuade me from using GitHub, just as a crisis pregnancy center would love to dissuade me from getting an abortion.

This conversation is about ethics. Google has no ethical obligation to help GitHub outcompete Gitlab; but it does have an ethical obligation to prevent anti-abortion centers from using Google services to trick young women into a lifetime of difficulty and poverty by misrepresenting themselves as medical providers.

And what is more, we have an ethical obligations as Google's users and customers to force Google to behave ethically, since massive international corporations never will do so on their own.

Re: Googling 'abortion clinic near me'? The top result often an anti-abortion clinic

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Post by growingkittens »

shp0ngle wrote: post #12

From my point of view, as someone who is pro life, it’s fine; it’s like showing anti-suicide line when you look for “how to kill myself” Sure the person wants to kill himself but should he .

That's not the reality, though. Anti-choice entities pretend to be legitimate clinics to draw people in.

Re: Googling 'abortion clinic near me'? The top result often an anti-abortion clinic

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Post by [deleted] »

rajamaka wrote: post #14
shp0ngle wrote: post #12

From my point of view, as someone who is pro life, it’s fine; it’s like showing anti-suicide line when you look for “how to kill myself” Sure the person wants to kill himself but should he .

Do you think abortion clinics should be advertised when people search "churches near me"?

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