Ask the Siri, the new iPhone 4 assistant, where to get an abortion, and, if you happen to be in Washington, D.C., she wonÂt direct you to the Planned Parenthood on 16th St, NW. Instead, sheÂll suggest you pay a visit to the 1st Choice WomenÂs Health Center, an anti-abortion Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC) in Landsdowne, Virginia, or Human Life Services, a CPC in York, Pennsylvania. Ask Google the same question, and youÂll get ads for no less than 7 metro-area abortion clinics, 2 CPCs and a nationwide abortion referral service.
Ask in New York City, and Siri will tell you ÂI didnÂt find any abortion clinics.Â
ItÂs an experience thatÂs being replicated by women around the country: despite plentiful online information about actual places to get an abortion, Siri doesnÂt seem to provide it. ItÂs a similar experience for women seeking emergency contraception: in New York City, Siri doesnÂt know what Plan B is and, asked for emergency contraception, offers up a Google results page of definitions.
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UPDATE: Reader Kristen asked Siri ÂWhy are you anti-abortion? and she answered ÂI just am, Kristen.Â
AI morphs --> AC? (Artificial Cant.)