An invitation

Hey, Baltimore. At the risk of projecting, I'm going to assume many of you saw the news that Roe v. Wade might get overturned.  

While the news relates to a draft opinion and a leak of something that (as POLITICO reported) may not come to pass, it's easy to understand why many of you reading this may feel strongly about the issue. Our lively public Slack discussions suggest as much already. I needn't spend much more time discussing why, I'm confident you already understand that

But as a Technical.ly editor, I'm always interested in how big news items that don't have obvious or surface-level relevance to tech actually do intersect with the technology and entrepreneurship topics we typically cover. That interest is motivated not by opportunism, but instead by an informed conviction that the structures and concepts guiding our existence — politics, technology, oppression, religion and economics among them — are constantly entwined. 

This newsletter features a new story from Techincal.ly reporter Holly Quinn that speaks to this intersection. But I'd still like to learn how this news may affect you as technologists and entrepreneurs. Are you working on tech that enables access to reproductive health services? Have your companies addressed this news and shifted any practices in response to the draft or anticipation of a possible ruling? Are there other ways we should be covering it that I didn't mention? 

Let us know by emailing baltimore@technical.ly or responding to this email.

— Technical.ly editor Sameer Rao (sameer@technical.ly)