I think the trigger was this: https://www.axios.com/2022/07/01/google-delete-location-hist...

Correct.

Google moved to finally address this after the press started focusing on how hording location data could put women who visited reproductive healthcare clinics in legal jeopardy.

> Privacy advocates fear Google will be used to prosecute abortion seekers

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/11/1110391316/google-data-aborti...