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A woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019.

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Lawmakers put pressure on Google over misleading search results for abortion services

By  Brenda Ruiz and Sarah Stark
   

More than a dozen lawmakers signed a letter Friday urging Google to add disclaimers to abortion search results that led users to so-called “pregnancy resource centers” that don’t offer the procedure.

Reset gets the latest from a reporter covering the issue.

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