Google announced on Friday that it will soon remove location history entries if the search engine determines that an individual has visited an abortion center or other medical facility, an action that will come after the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. Wade.

Jen Fitzpatrick, a senior vice president at Google, wrote in a blog post that updating the location history will be effective “in the coming weeks.”

“Location History is a Google account setting that is turned off by default, and for those who turn it on, we provide simple controls like auto-delete so users can easily delete parts, or all, of their data at any time, ”he said. .

“Some of the places that people visit – including medical facilities such as counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, cosmetic surgery clinics, and more – can be particularly personal, “he added.

The search engine announcement came a week after the Supreme Court removed the constitutional right to an abortion, overturning a 50-year precedent. The decision led to a patchwork of states restoring access to medical procedures, though some state laws have been paused due to pending legal battles.

Following a leaked opinion of the Supreme Court draft stating that the high court would decide to dismiss Roe v. Wade, a group of Democrats wrote a letter to the search engine’s chief executive in May urging Google to stop collecting and maintaining data on users ’locations amid fears that the data could be searched by prosecuting against abortion prohibitions.