CEO de Apple, Mr Tim Cook

Vicepresidente de software de Apple, Mr Craig Federighi

Vicepresidente de marketing de Apple, Mr Philip W. Schiller

Director ejecutivo de Apple, Mr Jeff Williams

Vicepresidente de Comunicaciones, Mr Steve Dowling

Vicepresidente de Marketing, Mr Tor Myhren

Vicepresidente de Inclusión y Diversidad, Ms Denise Young-Smith

Escribo en relación a la App de Human Coalition para rezar por mujeres en riesgo de aborto.

Recientemente fue retirada del App Store y me gustaría instalármela.

Leo que no han pasado los filtros técnicos, pero la App permanece en la Google Play Store y además, ellos aseguran que sus funcionalidades operan mejor que otras Aaps similares.

Le ruego que les facilite qué mejoras técnicas concretas necesitan implementar para que lo puedan hacer cuanto antes y podamos disfrutar de su Aap lo antes posible.

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For the Kind Attention of Apple Leadership:

CEO of Apple - Mr Tim Cook

Senior Vice President of Software Engineering - Mr Craig Federighi

Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing - Mr Philip W. Schiller

Chief Operating Officer - Mr Jeff Williams

Vice President of Communications - Mr Steve Dowling

Vice President of Marketing Communications - Mr Tor Myhren

Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity - Ms Denise Young-Smith

Recently, Apple pulled a pro-life prayer app from the Apple App Store.

The "Human Coalition" app, which is still available in the Google Play Store, gives users the opportunity to pray for someone searching for an abortion - that she might change her mind.

It is done in real time and anonymously, thereby, giving the app user the possibility of being involved in a powerful pro-life initiative with a simple swipe of the thumb.

It is innovative - something which people at Apple should admire.

And, through prayer, it is helping to reduce the number of abortions - also, something which people at Apple should admire. Or, at least that's what the media have been telling us for at least a decade, now: that, whether one is conservative or liberal, we all want to see fewer abortions.

Right?

Right. And, that's why it was surprising and unfortunate to see Apple's App Store pull this innovative, abortion-reducing (and, anonymous) app.

But, Human Coalition's Lauren Enriquez said of the app's removal from the App Store (in Human Coalition's blog):

"Apple notified us that they had removed the Human Coalition app from the App Store, citing violations of certain functionality requirements. However, Human Coalition spoke with Apple and demonstrated that not only were the cited requirements met, but that the Human Coalition app exceeded minimum requirements and functioned better than similar apps from other developers."

And, she then went on to add:

"Apple was unable or unwilling to identify a specific improvement that, if completed, would merit the Human Coalition app’s reinstatement in the App Store. Instead, the effect of Apple’s requirements for modifying the app before it could be re-submitted for consideration would be that Human Coalition would have to completely overhaul the app — a cost-prohibitive and unnecessary demand."

Of course, one doesn't want to jump to conclusions, but this situation could appear, to the average observer, to be tantamount to politically-motivated censorship.

However, we know (or, would like to think) that Apple would never attempt to stifle an innovative, abortion-reducing initiative...and, we know that Apple doesn't want the whiff of "censorship" hanging around its products and App Store - especially, as so much of Apple's revenue is generated by the sale of products to, and, the use of apps by, Christians, pro-lifers, and people interested in prayer.

With these things in mind, we, the undersigned, call on Apple to assist Human Coalition with a cost-efficient (or, free) fix for their app, so that it can be returned to the App Store as soon as possible.