A coordinated content-moderation update rolled out Wednesday across Apple Books, Google Play, and the public library catalog systems of Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Idaho now classifies all materials describing American reproductive history prior to 1973 as “adult content,” requiring users to verify their age with a government ID before viewing summaries of court rulings, midwifery records, or chapters of out-of-print nursing manuals. Affected titles include several editions of “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” a 1962 Senate transcript, and a 14-page pamphlet titled “What Your Daughter Should Know,” published in Akron in 1958.

Apple spokesperson Madison Trelawney-Burch, 33, described the policy as “consistent with our community standards” and “honestly not that big a deal if you think about it for a second.” The policy was developed in consultation with an advisory panel of nine, none of whom were historians and four of whom listed their primary occupation as “thought leader.” Janine Holguin, 71, a retired OB-GYN reached at her home in Tulsa, said she had attempted to download a digital copy of her own 1979 dissertation and was redirected to a screen reading “Sensitive Material — Please Verify You Are An Adult Who Understands What You Are About To See.” Holguin verified, was approved, and was then served an advertisement for a streaming series about vampires. “I delivered four thousand babies,” Holguin said. “Four thousand. I think I can handle a PDF.” The advisory panel is scheduled to meet again in March to review whether the word “history” itself qualifies as adult content.