Autopsy Law Drafters Searched From Israel (Claim)
What This Image Shows
A composite graphic with a gold headline above a Google Trends screenshot. The headline reads: "UTAH CHANGED ITS AUTOPSY LAW IN 2025, CRIMINALIZING THE SHARING OF AUTOPSY PHOTOS. THE DRAFTING LAWYER, GREG GUNN, SHOWS UP IN UNIQUE GOOGLE SEARCHES FROM ISRAELI IP ADDRESSES IN 2024 (A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE BILL WAS INTRODUCED) AND 2025 (THE WEEK THE BILL WENT INTO EFFECT)".
The chart below compares three terms — "Stephanie ...", "Nicholeen ...", and "Greg gunn" — filtered to Israel across the custom range 2/1/24 - 10/1/25. The axis is marked at January 28, 2024, November 10, 2024, and August 24, 2025, and the poster has overlaid two labels of his own, "June 2024" and "May 2025", on the two peaks. The X handles of the account that made the graphic are watermarked down the right edge.
Two corrections belong on the record. Google Trends reports aggregated, anonymized geography — it does not expose IP addresses, so the headline's phrase "Israeli IP addresses" describes an inference, not something the tool shows. And the labels on the peaks are the poster's annotations rather than Google's tooltips. Beyond that, the underlying facts are checkable and mundane: S.B. 82 Autopsy Photo Amendments was sponsored by Sen. Stephanie Pitcher, floor-sponsored by Rep. Nicholeen Peck, drafted by staff attorney Greg Gunn, and signed on March 26, 2025 — months before an event nobody could have foreseen. No wrongdoing by any legislator or staff attorney is asserted. The bill page itself is captured at Utah S.B. 82 Autopsy Photo Amendments. See Utah autopsy law changes and autopsy report not public.
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