People Are Fighting Texas’ Abortion Laws By Spamming The Anti-Abortion Tip Line Website In Masterful Ways
The Texas Heartbeat Act came into effect on September 1st, 2021. It’s a controversial new law that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy—the supposed amount of time that a fetus’ first “heartbeat” is recorded.
It’s created another massive division across the country due to it being one of the most extreme anti-abortion laws enacted. The time frame is so short that many women won’t even realize they’re pregnant, by which time they’d be branded a criminal for choosing to abort.
To support the ban, a pro-life group named ‘Texas Right to Life’ has set up an anonymous tipline website for others to report suspected offenders and those involved with the process. However, many have condemned the new law and this group, and they weren’t going to stay quiet about it.
Local Texans have sent out a rallying cry across the internet to fight back, and the internet has answered. In an act of online guerilla warfare, people have taken to spamming the website with memes, fake tip-offs, and other “content” to waste the group’s time, resources and otherwise just troll them. Bored Panda has highlighted some key moments (and hilarious ones) from the battle.
The ‘Texas Right to Life’ group has created a website for others to tip-off suspected lawbreakers
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Bored Panda spoke to Aimee Arrambide, the Executive Director of Avow—a non-profit organization that works to secure unrestricted abortion access for every Texan. They believe that everyone should have access to safe and legal abortion, but their work has been disrupted immensely by the Texas Heartbeat Act.
Aimee told Bored Panda what is being done to resolve the issue and help people affected by the ban. She said, “This bill is unconstitutional and an affront to the judicial system. Texans will keep fighting for access to abortion care.”
“There are several court challenges making their way through the judicial system but in the meantime, we are directing people to Need Abortion. It will have the most up-to-date resources on where they can get abortion care, and how they can find funding to help them pay for the procedure and other logistical support.”
What women do with their bodies is their choice and they should have control over it too. The case for abortion can be made if the mother is mentally or physically unprepared for carrying a child, or if the pregnancy is the result of a crime such as child sex abuse or rape. Aimee shared her thoughts on this matter and offered a disturbing thought. She said, “We expect thousands of Texans will be forced to carry their pregnancy to term and give birth against their will.”
She also explained how it will affect those struggling in society the most. She said that: “abortion access will be even more difficult for our most marginalized communities: people of color, trans and non-binary people, and undocumented people.”
Aimee urged people to help support those who are in difficulty at this time and told us, “Please follow the organizations on the ground in Texas. We are asking that people donate to the Texas Abortion Funds because they are trying to close the gap for those that have a hard time accessing abortion care. We are also asking people to donate to Avow so that we can elect abortion rights champions to the Texas Legislature.”
However, online activists realized they could fight back against the group
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And trolled them with memes and other spam content
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@colethesciencedude had an idea to disrupt the group’s efforts
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And he whipped up a computer script to create fake reports and overburden the website
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Others decided to follow suit with his idea
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And let their artist licenses run wild on their own fake tip-offs
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@black_madness21 had a similar idea to spam fake reports using scripting code
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Bored Panda also spoke to Sean Black (a.k.a. @black_madness21) — that very same, very technical, and very handsome person above. Sean explained the initial inspiration for the bot and the video, and he said, “I first got the idea when a mutual of mine, @victoriahammett posted a video about the tipline.”
His video currently has 1.3M views on TikTok and he told us what the response has been like. He said, “The reaction to the video has been largely positive. Support has been coming in from all over the country, especially in Texas, so it shows that there is staunch opposition to this bill.”
Sean will continue to support the cause against the bill and told us what he thinks on the matter: “Many of us believe that it’s a direct attack on women’s bodily autonomy. So, if there is anything I could do to oppose that, then that’s the thing I’ll do.”
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Share on FacebookI love to see all the people on this thread that are pulling together to support the women in Texas. No man should ever have a say in what a woman does with her body. And Republicans, you need to keep your noses out of other peoples private parts. It's disturbing.
The governor needs to stick his nose in a mask, not women’s lives.
Load More Replies...I've decided I'm going to spam this site by telling true personal experiences of sexual crimes against my body...starting at the ripe old age of 6....growing up in Texas. I am now 57.....sadly...I have lots of stories....the price of being born female in this sick world. I encourage other women to do the same. Capture55-...89-png.jpg
OMG Auntie. This is horrible. I'm so shocked I don't know what to say. Are you OK now?
Load More Replies...This legislation was not the action of a country that supports freedom and democracy. Getting people to snoop on their neighbours is how the Soviets and Nazis held power.
Just start reporting all the republicans and their associates. Repeatedly. I mean, it's anon and totally without penalty to report. But hey, bounty hunting on women and their associates is now apparently legal in Texas.
Great idea. Put, "I'm Greg Abbott's mistress and he helped me get an abortion." Nothing will happen but it might give you a tiny bit of vindication.
Load More Replies...what more proof do you need that the fucktard Christian right wing s**t-waffles want to turn this country into their version of a caliphate? Protecting bullshit religious views has a cost and Texas just gave their citizens the f*****g bill
I laughed so hard, now I gotta pee. hahaha. The s**twaffles did it
Load More Replies...Texas a state that has the Death Penalty, but abortion is illegal...Seems Legit. . .
It's official! We are back into the dark ages! Shame on those who pass these laws, shame on those who hate women SHAME ON THOSE WHO STILL OPPRESS THEM IN 2021!!! You are literally forcing those women to find dangerous ways to stop a pregnancy and you are responsible for their deaths or health issues! You are not better than Talibans and you should go back to the ancient times where you belong!!!
As someone who was put up for adoption as an infant (as opposed to being aborted), I'm opposed to the practice. However, that's my belief and it's as simple as this: If you don't believe in abortions, DON'T HAVE ONE. The state does not need to be involved in that decision.
That's what being pro-choice is all about - the freedom to form your own opinion. Thank you for respecting other people's opinions even if you disagree with them.
Load More Replies...Texas: "Masks is communist!" Also Texas: "We pay for you to rat out your neighbors! Ain't Stalinism great?"
It’s so bizarre & shows how truly dumb they are not to see these are the same things
Load More Replies...prolifewhistleblower.com/anonymous-form/ for those of you who have the right ip :)
This has become my time waster. Have five minutes before that meeting starts? SPAM THE SITE. Waiting for breakfast to cook? SPAM THE SITE. Waiting for your Uber? SPAM THE SITE. It's so much fun to f**k with these asshats.
It is. I sent them the script of Shrek 1, 2, and 3. It's definitely worth my time.
Load More Replies...Sounds like a job Carmen would like to take care of ;-) so an upvote for our user name!
Load More Replies...It is super sad that while the world is upset and concerned about the destruction of women's rights in Afghanistan, we get this "meanwhile, back in Texas" BS!
Where actually are you seeing the need to pitch these two women's rights issues against each other? If people could help Afghan women by spamming the Taliban they would.
Load More Replies...I’m not going to mention the main point of the law (no time for that argument) but I don’t like the whole “report anyone you’re suspicious of” thing. It’s very reminiscent of the book 1984, where kids were taught to report their parents to the government if they might be thinking the wrong thing.
I'm not sure how sophisticated the report-an-abortion site is, but it would be very easy for them to weed out all entries sent from non-Texan IP addresses, so if you have a VPN tool, try to connect with a VPN server in Texas before sending a report. It's not trivial to understand how this works, but using a VPN benefits you whenever you use it, and will lend credibility to the flood of trolling reports we send.
And those who point out that sending believable sounding information will work better are absolutely correct. Silly submissions won't cause them to dedicate resources to following up on those claims, while a real-sounding one will require them to investigate, buying time for those that need abortion services the most and protecting those that are doing nothing more than helping someone in need.
Load More Replies...I just want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart. While Abortion is not right for me I am pro choice as I do not have the right to make that decision for anyone. Especially rape and incest victims. And a hundred other health reasons. You have brought us hope where we had none. We are literally in the fight for our lives. The only thing that will save us is to vote them all out. The Governor is up for re-election this time and so is the AG. Our Congress and Supreme Court are all Republican controlled. Please help support that cause any way you can. And it is not just money that is needed. Data entry, phone banking, all kinds of media needs. I have a voter education nonprofit going statewide. I can give you a list of where help is needed to clean up this mess. Take your pick. This, though this, is so much appreciated.
I’m gonna send this to everyone I know on discord and servers all of the servers I’m in and explain my craziness. Although only one of my serves and one of my friends is going to help.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/texas-abortion-snitch-website-kicked-off-godaddy-for-invading-peoples-privacy/
And now DeSatan here in Florida wants to adopt the same law. Evil runs in packs.
As a fellow Floridian, your comment has officially earned my upvote.
Load More Replies...Make no mistake that this is going to spread across the US. Texas got their foot in the door and the Supreme Court just invited them in. This is only the beginning.
The camel's nose is in the tent. We need to whack it - HARD.
Load More Replies...I think the more pertinent question is, who are the clowns that voted these clowns into power?
Themselves, like with all politicians. Don't fool yourself into thinking democracy exists, if it ever did. Whoever party wins, they just do their own interests, pretending to be on opposing sides.
Load More Replies...America is not that different from islamic States, who are they to dictate what a woman can do with their own bodies, too bad about rape ay.......beats me why people aren't fleeing the place...go look at the list of South Korea, Japan or other countries, all the nice things they do for their citizens, then look at the (mostly) lists of hateful, violent, dictatorial US stuff.
Women's rights are not great in SK and Japan though.
Load More Replies...I am so proud of everyone trying their best to sabotage this nonsense of snooping on anyone and anything linked to abortion. What a hideous law to pass in this day and age.
There's a lot more downvoted comments than I was expecting, sad really. It seems most of them think that it's bad to have an abortion, I ask all those who are supposedly 'prolife' people how they would feel with a baby didn't want, it means more children without parents. The children don't suffer if they are aborted, they suffer if they are born and unwanted without their real parent.
Question; Can I do this from Australia? Would be delighted to cause these duckheads some unnecessary reading.
Anyone remember when the entire corporate community pulled out of states that were enacting anti trans bathroom bills? Where are they now?
Actually, the CEOs of Bumble and Match (the company that owns Tinder) are setting up funds for those who are affected by the ban. It could be better, I admit, but it's something.
Load More Replies...populate site with Lorum Ipsum generator === https://lipsum.com ===
Notice: ALL the pro-life comments are 98% from men. MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS.
They will wait until the spam wave is over and in a year or so the portal will be fully operating.
Submitting reports that can pass for legit will slow them down far more than obvious junk, which is easy to filter out on the front end, or scrub from the back end. When they can't tell the real reports from the fake ones, victory!
I tried to go on the site to do my part. The form appears to be non-operational. Good work people!!
This is why I will defend the web with my dying breath *sniff!* Awesome.
With my fake submissions, I went the realism approach so that they are more likely to waste their time investigating it.
This is just tragic. I've honestly cried my eyes out. The situation in Afghanistan is denying women their rights because of religion and and America is doing the same.
Both countries are not any different, after all
Load More Replies...The hosting platform site took this whistleblower site down the same day the PB put this out. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/texas-abortion-snitch-website-kicked-off-godaddy-for-invading-peoples-privacy/
Talking with someone more knowledgable about technology than me (honestly, a brick would be more knowledgable), mostly likely no platform will want them as the spaming will slow down all servers and even potentially cause damage. Something about a return is needed back to the sender computer which the platforming site gives and this take a bit of time. Spammed, it can even overheat systems. Not sure if this is true... but sounds encouraging to permenantly shut down the whistleblower site.
Load More Replies...I never understood these stupid laws which stop a woman from having control over one's body. So you have issues with sex education and if stuff happen, you want the woman to go through more issues. And she cannot have a say in it. screwed
I passed the link around my church here in the uk and now pretty much the whole congregation is sending them bible passages supporting women's rights and testimonies from British Christian women about why they had abortions. Honestly it genuinely shocks me that in 2021 there are still places where a young woman who was raped, or where a baby will be so severely deformed it'll live it's whole life suffering, has no right or options because some idiot decided that abortion is universally unacceptable
How are they doing that? Sorry I'm not very technically savvy and can't seem to access it (from the UK).
Load More Replies...I love this. I'm going to be spamming it with a mix of real names and pro-choice arguments.
If they're making abortion illegal then they should also make it law that the cost for all maternity care and giving birth and post natal care is split equally between both parents. Maybe the guys would be more up for abortion if they had to pay financially for the kid. Plus if the woman has to reduce her work load due to pregnancy, the guy chips in half her loss.
For everyone reading this, GoDaddy, the web host, has taken the site down. It no longer exist.
I'm usually quite conservative in a lot of areas with my politics, but this is one area where I end up arguing on the side of the people I usually disagree with. There should always be a choice for a woman to do as she pleases with her body. Noone should ever be forcing a child onto someone else. A couple, or the parties to a casual encounter should not have to worry about failed protection, or even just being a bit too risky and going for it au naturel resulting in a life changing event. This, along with disgusting sexual crimes and the risk of physical or mental harm to any involved party is why abortion should be free and available to anyone that wants or needs one. Noone should be forced to ruin theirs and even other people's lives with an unwanted pregnancy. I have 4 kids, they're hard work and it's not for everyone to be a parent so don't force them! For some pregnancy it also something that can be hard, stressful and negative, so don't force them!
Go Daddy dropped the site after much pressure. At first they said, "We can't drop commercial accounts [i.e. '.com's]" but they faced a potentially huge loss of revenue and so folded. I doubt any other webhost will let them set up another and if they try to do it under the texas.gov site it will open that up to being overloaded with similar spamming and potentially screw up their whole state website system.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/texas-abortion-snitch-website-kicked-off-godaddy-for-invading-peoples-privacy/&ved=2ahUKEwiYjrK3pOXyAhX5_7sIHc9dCwgQFnoECBoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0f6ufn3-9QOvMkUKywM49R&cshid=1630757346733
sadly, the site is on lockdown and not accepting tips. i tried a few times, wouldn't let me submit a form
I´d think that this means the spam posting worked in regards to traffic overload.
Load More Replies...Wonder why when I read something stupid happened, think of Florida, when reading something mysoginistic think of Texas.
I tried to do this but... alas their site seems to have crashed! 😂
I live in the UK, and I am so tempted to report a random household in a random town over here but then again, I might just give the number of some phone scammers. What should I do?
I would so do this if I needed to. Like who the heck thought this was a good idea?
No, f**k the almost exclusively old white men who want to control the women of Texas (and everywhere, if they could). There are tons of excellent people who live in Texas.
Load More Replies...Hmmm...soy on your neighbors and report them to the government? That's doesn't sound AT ALL familiar. Certainly not in any dictatorship that half the world fought a war over.
I wonder if they would keep a family member alive who still has a heartbeat, but is brain dead? By their rules if life starts at a heartbeat, it should end at the absence of a heartbeat. So y'all better stop calling paramedics and stop taking those lifesaving medicines! Refuse intubation antivaxxers! When the heart stops,life drops! /s
GoDaddy took their site down. Good I’m confused- do these people have legal authority to harass & ‘investigate’ women reported on here? Seems like a really good way to f**k with someone you don’t like
They've now been bounced off of two platforms, one of which hosts 8chan. https://www.newsweek.com/website-reporting-texas-abortion-violations-inaccessible-after-godaddy-warning-1626171 . https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/06/texas-abortion-ban-website/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national
Oh, Gen X is laughing too, trust me. I used to wear a t-shirt that said "If men got pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament". And that's just where I start. (I am very pro-life. Women are alive. Ergo, they need the legal option to be safe. The end.)
Load More Replies...Can someone send me the link please? I'm not gonna use The fact that am i Gen-z and half my camera roll is filled with memes to my advantage at all...
I tried to go on there but it looks like it's been taken down! DAMMIT!! I was so looking forward to screwing with them
Unfortunately IP address outwith Murica are blocked. I was so going to add my strength to this worthy cause.
pro life people should NEVER be discriminated against because of their beliefs...as should pro choicers. When did it become a bad thing to have your own opinion? If someone's opinion offends you, get out of here. #prolife
I've read both sides of this argument but I've never found any research showing at what point the fetus feels pain. Have it, don't have it, you are not mine to judge. I just want to know if the fetus feels pain. For decades our country has wrestled with "humaine execution" for those that will be put to death. Keep your body. Do with it as you wish. Please, just tell me if the fetus will be in pain as it dies
I shouldn't give my body, time, and energy to a child that I might not want or be able to take care of. I don't want another child in foster care, possible never having a stable home.
Load More Replies...Because sex is sex, it's fun. People are not trying to conceive every time they have a root. Therefore abortion I necessary when accidents sometimes happen, or in some pretty horrendous other situations. It is not murder, and anyone who argues that, with that specific term is a nut job.
Load More Replies...Plenty of our founding fathers were devout Christians and wished for Christian ideals to be apart of our constitution, however if you were to read the numerous writings of John Adams and various quotes from Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, etc. you would find that separation of church and state was of utmost importance.
Load More Replies...You’re anti choice. Anti choice. Not pro life. Not wanting someone to have the choice to abort means you’re anti choice. Almost all humans are pro life whether they abort their fetuses or not.
Load More Replies...The vaccine works. It's 90% effective at preventing hospitalization due to Covid-19. However, that isn't 100%, so getting as many people vaccinated as possible is crucial. In addition, you need to think about people with weakened immune systems, allergies, or other conditions that make it impossible for them to receive the vaccine or make the virus extra deadly for them. Stop being a selfish idiotic asshole & learn the basics of how vaccines work to stop diseases before you spout more bullshit. Abortions & pregnancy aren't contagious. Deadly viruses are. Glad I could clear that up for you.
Load More Replies...And people get raped, you oblivious turtle.
Load More Replies...If the whale was going to kill me, I would not try to save it.
Load More Replies...No functioning adult thinks an abortion is a murder.
Load More Replies...Nope, it's a medical procedure that terminates a pregnancy. What's murder is forcing women (not to mention trans men) to carry through unwanted, potentially life-threatening pregnancies that can have severe mental, physical, emotional, & finanical impacts for the rest of their lives, & slapping them with a criminal charge for trying to spare themselves & the unborn child that pain. Sounds pretty life-ending to me.
Load More Replies...Those people gathering and screaming in front of abortion clinics with pitchforks aren't immature at all, eh?
Load More Replies...You are living in a fantasy world where people never make mistakes. And not everyone is even capable to raise a child after a mistake. Some kids are better off not being born than forced on parents who never wanted them.
Load More Replies...We are the majority, dumbass. Just look at polls and/or election results.
Load More Replies...Pro-choice people do promote contraception, but anti-choice people fight against them, because they don’t care about babies; they care about punishing women who have sex.
Load More Replies...How do you murder something that isn't alive? "Oh NOOOO, I stepped on a rock, I'm a rock murderer! I must pay $10,000 for my crimes!"
Load More Replies...I love to see all the people on this thread that are pulling together to support the women in Texas. No man should ever have a say in what a woman does with her body. And Republicans, you need to keep your noses out of other peoples private parts. It's disturbing.
The governor needs to stick his nose in a mask, not women’s lives.
Load More Replies...I've decided I'm going to spam this site by telling true personal experiences of sexual crimes against my body...starting at the ripe old age of 6....growing up in Texas. I am now 57.....sadly...I have lots of stories....the price of being born female in this sick world. I encourage other women to do the same. Capture55-...89-png.jpg
OMG Auntie. This is horrible. I'm so shocked I don't know what to say. Are you OK now?
Load More Replies...This legislation was not the action of a country that supports freedom and democracy. Getting people to snoop on their neighbours is how the Soviets and Nazis held power.
Just start reporting all the republicans and their associates. Repeatedly. I mean, it's anon and totally without penalty to report. But hey, bounty hunting on women and their associates is now apparently legal in Texas.
Great idea. Put, "I'm Greg Abbott's mistress and he helped me get an abortion." Nothing will happen but it might give you a tiny bit of vindication.
Load More Replies...what more proof do you need that the fucktard Christian right wing s**t-waffles want to turn this country into their version of a caliphate? Protecting bullshit religious views has a cost and Texas just gave their citizens the f*****g bill
I laughed so hard, now I gotta pee. hahaha. The s**twaffles did it
Load More Replies...Texas a state that has the Death Penalty, but abortion is illegal...Seems Legit. . .
It's official! We are back into the dark ages! Shame on those who pass these laws, shame on those who hate women SHAME ON THOSE WHO STILL OPPRESS THEM IN 2021!!! You are literally forcing those women to find dangerous ways to stop a pregnancy and you are responsible for their deaths or health issues! You are not better than Talibans and you should go back to the ancient times where you belong!!!
As someone who was put up for adoption as an infant (as opposed to being aborted), I'm opposed to the practice. However, that's my belief and it's as simple as this: If you don't believe in abortions, DON'T HAVE ONE. The state does not need to be involved in that decision.
That's what being pro-choice is all about - the freedom to form your own opinion. Thank you for respecting other people's opinions even if you disagree with them.
Load More Replies...Texas: "Masks is communist!" Also Texas: "We pay for you to rat out your neighbors! Ain't Stalinism great?"
It’s so bizarre & shows how truly dumb they are not to see these are the same things
Load More Replies...prolifewhistleblower.com/anonymous-form/ for those of you who have the right ip :)
This has become my time waster. Have five minutes before that meeting starts? SPAM THE SITE. Waiting for breakfast to cook? SPAM THE SITE. Waiting for your Uber? SPAM THE SITE. It's so much fun to f**k with these asshats.
It is. I sent them the script of Shrek 1, 2, and 3. It's definitely worth my time.
Load More Replies...Sounds like a job Carmen would like to take care of ;-) so an upvote for our user name!
Load More Replies...It is super sad that while the world is upset and concerned about the destruction of women's rights in Afghanistan, we get this "meanwhile, back in Texas" BS!
Where actually are you seeing the need to pitch these two women's rights issues against each other? If people could help Afghan women by spamming the Taliban they would.
Load More Replies...I’m not going to mention the main point of the law (no time for that argument) but I don’t like the whole “report anyone you’re suspicious of” thing. It’s very reminiscent of the book 1984, where kids were taught to report their parents to the government if they might be thinking the wrong thing.
I'm not sure how sophisticated the report-an-abortion site is, but it would be very easy for them to weed out all entries sent from non-Texan IP addresses, so if you have a VPN tool, try to connect with a VPN server in Texas before sending a report. It's not trivial to understand how this works, but using a VPN benefits you whenever you use it, and will lend credibility to the flood of trolling reports we send.
And those who point out that sending believable sounding information will work better are absolutely correct. Silly submissions won't cause them to dedicate resources to following up on those claims, while a real-sounding one will require them to investigate, buying time for those that need abortion services the most and protecting those that are doing nothing more than helping someone in need.
Load More Replies...I just want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart. While Abortion is not right for me I am pro choice as I do not have the right to make that decision for anyone. Especially rape and incest victims. And a hundred other health reasons. You have brought us hope where we had none. We are literally in the fight for our lives. The only thing that will save us is to vote them all out. The Governor is up for re-election this time and so is the AG. Our Congress and Supreme Court are all Republican controlled. Please help support that cause any way you can. And it is not just money that is needed. Data entry, phone banking, all kinds of media needs. I have a voter education nonprofit going statewide. I can give you a list of where help is needed to clean up this mess. Take your pick. This, though this, is so much appreciated.
I’m gonna send this to everyone I know on discord and servers all of the servers I’m in and explain my craziness. Although only one of my serves and one of my friends is going to help.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/texas-abortion-snitch-website-kicked-off-godaddy-for-invading-peoples-privacy/
And now DeSatan here in Florida wants to adopt the same law. Evil runs in packs.
As a fellow Floridian, your comment has officially earned my upvote.
Load More Replies...Make no mistake that this is going to spread across the US. Texas got their foot in the door and the Supreme Court just invited them in. This is only the beginning.
The camel's nose is in the tent. We need to whack it - HARD.
Load More Replies...I think the more pertinent question is, who are the clowns that voted these clowns into power?
Themselves, like with all politicians. Don't fool yourself into thinking democracy exists, if it ever did. Whoever party wins, they just do their own interests, pretending to be on opposing sides.
Load More Replies...America is not that different from islamic States, who are they to dictate what a woman can do with their own bodies, too bad about rape ay.......beats me why people aren't fleeing the place...go look at the list of South Korea, Japan or other countries, all the nice things they do for their citizens, then look at the (mostly) lists of hateful, violent, dictatorial US stuff.
Women's rights are not great in SK and Japan though.
Load More Replies...I am so proud of everyone trying their best to sabotage this nonsense of snooping on anyone and anything linked to abortion. What a hideous law to pass in this day and age.
There's a lot more downvoted comments than I was expecting, sad really. It seems most of them think that it's bad to have an abortion, I ask all those who are supposedly 'prolife' people how they would feel with a baby didn't want, it means more children without parents. The children don't suffer if they are aborted, they suffer if they are born and unwanted without their real parent.
Question; Can I do this from Australia? Would be delighted to cause these duckheads some unnecessary reading.
Anyone remember when the entire corporate community pulled out of states that were enacting anti trans bathroom bills? Where are they now?
Actually, the CEOs of Bumble and Match (the company that owns Tinder) are setting up funds for those who are affected by the ban. It could be better, I admit, but it's something.
Load More Replies...populate site with Lorum Ipsum generator === https://lipsum.com ===
Notice: ALL the pro-life comments are 98% from men. MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS.
They will wait until the spam wave is over and in a year or so the portal will be fully operating.
Submitting reports that can pass for legit will slow them down far more than obvious junk, which is easy to filter out on the front end, or scrub from the back end. When they can't tell the real reports from the fake ones, victory!
I tried to go on the site to do my part. The form appears to be non-operational. Good work people!!
This is why I will defend the web with my dying breath *sniff!* Awesome.
With my fake submissions, I went the realism approach so that they are more likely to waste their time investigating it.
This is just tragic. I've honestly cried my eyes out. The situation in Afghanistan is denying women their rights because of religion and and America is doing the same.
Both countries are not any different, after all
Load More Replies...The hosting platform site took this whistleblower site down the same day the PB put this out. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/texas-abortion-snitch-website-kicked-off-godaddy-for-invading-peoples-privacy/
Talking with someone more knowledgable about technology than me (honestly, a brick would be more knowledgable), mostly likely no platform will want them as the spaming will slow down all servers and even potentially cause damage. Something about a return is needed back to the sender computer which the platforming site gives and this take a bit of time. Spammed, it can even overheat systems. Not sure if this is true... but sounds encouraging to permenantly shut down the whistleblower site.
Load More Replies...I never understood these stupid laws which stop a woman from having control over one's body. So you have issues with sex education and if stuff happen, you want the woman to go through more issues. And she cannot have a say in it. screwed
I passed the link around my church here in the uk and now pretty much the whole congregation is sending them bible passages supporting women's rights and testimonies from British Christian women about why they had abortions. Honestly it genuinely shocks me that in 2021 there are still places where a young woman who was raped, or where a baby will be so severely deformed it'll live it's whole life suffering, has no right or options because some idiot decided that abortion is universally unacceptable
How are they doing that? Sorry I'm not very technically savvy and can't seem to access it (from the UK).
Load More Replies...I love this. I'm going to be spamming it with a mix of real names and pro-choice arguments.
If they're making abortion illegal then they should also make it law that the cost for all maternity care and giving birth and post natal care is split equally between both parents. Maybe the guys would be more up for abortion if they had to pay financially for the kid. Plus if the woman has to reduce her work load due to pregnancy, the guy chips in half her loss.
For everyone reading this, GoDaddy, the web host, has taken the site down. It no longer exist.
I'm usually quite conservative in a lot of areas with my politics, but this is one area where I end up arguing on the side of the people I usually disagree with. There should always be a choice for a woman to do as she pleases with her body. Noone should ever be forcing a child onto someone else. A couple, or the parties to a casual encounter should not have to worry about failed protection, or even just being a bit too risky and going for it au naturel resulting in a life changing event. This, along with disgusting sexual crimes and the risk of physical or mental harm to any involved party is why abortion should be free and available to anyone that wants or needs one. Noone should be forced to ruin theirs and even other people's lives with an unwanted pregnancy. I have 4 kids, they're hard work and it's not for everyone to be a parent so don't force them! For some pregnancy it also something that can be hard, stressful and negative, so don't force them!
Go Daddy dropped the site after much pressure. At first they said, "We can't drop commercial accounts [i.e. '.com's]" but they faced a potentially huge loss of revenue and so folded. I doubt any other webhost will let them set up another and if they try to do it under the texas.gov site it will open that up to being overloaded with similar spamming and potentially screw up their whole state website system.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/texas-abortion-snitch-website-kicked-off-godaddy-for-invading-peoples-privacy/&ved=2ahUKEwiYjrK3pOXyAhX5_7sIHc9dCwgQFnoECBoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0f6ufn3-9QOvMkUKywM49R&cshid=1630757346733
sadly, the site is on lockdown and not accepting tips. i tried a few times, wouldn't let me submit a form
I´d think that this means the spam posting worked in regards to traffic overload.
Load More Replies...Wonder why when I read something stupid happened, think of Florida, when reading something mysoginistic think of Texas.
I tried to do this but... alas their site seems to have crashed! 😂
I live in the UK, and I am so tempted to report a random household in a random town over here but then again, I might just give the number of some phone scammers. What should I do?
I would so do this if I needed to. Like who the heck thought this was a good idea?
No, f**k the almost exclusively old white men who want to control the women of Texas (and everywhere, if they could). There are tons of excellent people who live in Texas.
Load More Replies...Hmmm...soy on your neighbors and report them to the government? That's doesn't sound AT ALL familiar. Certainly not in any dictatorship that half the world fought a war over.
I wonder if they would keep a family member alive who still has a heartbeat, but is brain dead? By their rules if life starts at a heartbeat, it should end at the absence of a heartbeat. So y'all better stop calling paramedics and stop taking those lifesaving medicines! Refuse intubation antivaxxers! When the heart stops,life drops! /s
GoDaddy took their site down. Good I’m confused- do these people have legal authority to harass & ‘investigate’ women reported on here? Seems like a really good way to f**k with someone you don’t like
They've now been bounced off of two platforms, one of which hosts 8chan. https://www.newsweek.com/website-reporting-texas-abortion-violations-inaccessible-after-godaddy-warning-1626171 . https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/06/texas-abortion-ban-website/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national
Oh, Gen X is laughing too, trust me. I used to wear a t-shirt that said "If men got pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament". And that's just where I start. (I am very pro-life. Women are alive. Ergo, they need the legal option to be safe. The end.)
Load More Replies...Can someone send me the link please? I'm not gonna use The fact that am i Gen-z and half my camera roll is filled with memes to my advantage at all...
I tried to go on there but it looks like it's been taken down! DAMMIT!! I was so looking forward to screwing with them
Unfortunately IP address outwith Murica are blocked. I was so going to add my strength to this worthy cause.
pro life people should NEVER be discriminated against because of their beliefs...as should pro choicers. When did it become a bad thing to have your own opinion? If someone's opinion offends you, get out of here. #prolife
I've read both sides of this argument but I've never found any research showing at what point the fetus feels pain. Have it, don't have it, you are not mine to judge. I just want to know if the fetus feels pain. For decades our country has wrestled with "humaine execution" for those that will be put to death. Keep your body. Do with it as you wish. Please, just tell me if the fetus will be in pain as it dies
I shouldn't give my body, time, and energy to a child that I might not want or be able to take care of. I don't want another child in foster care, possible never having a stable home.
Load More Replies...Because sex is sex, it's fun. People are not trying to conceive every time they have a root. Therefore abortion I necessary when accidents sometimes happen, or in some pretty horrendous other situations. It is not murder, and anyone who argues that, with that specific term is a nut job.
Load More Replies...Plenty of our founding fathers were devout Christians and wished for Christian ideals to be apart of our constitution, however if you were to read the numerous writings of John Adams and various quotes from Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, etc. you would find that separation of church and state was of utmost importance.
Load More Replies...You’re anti choice. Anti choice. Not pro life. Not wanting someone to have the choice to abort means you’re anti choice. Almost all humans are pro life whether they abort their fetuses or not.
Load More Replies...The vaccine works. It's 90% effective at preventing hospitalization due to Covid-19. However, that isn't 100%, so getting as many people vaccinated as possible is crucial. In addition, you need to think about people with weakened immune systems, allergies, or other conditions that make it impossible for them to receive the vaccine or make the virus extra deadly for them. Stop being a selfish idiotic asshole & learn the basics of how vaccines work to stop diseases before you spout more bullshit. Abortions & pregnancy aren't contagious. Deadly viruses are. Glad I could clear that up for you.
Load More Replies...And people get raped, you oblivious turtle.
Load More Replies...If the whale was going to kill me, I would not try to save it.
Load More Replies...No functioning adult thinks an abortion is a murder.
Load More Replies...Nope, it's a medical procedure that terminates a pregnancy. What's murder is forcing women (not to mention trans men) to carry through unwanted, potentially life-threatening pregnancies that can have severe mental, physical, emotional, & finanical impacts for the rest of their lives, & slapping them with a criminal charge for trying to spare themselves & the unborn child that pain. Sounds pretty life-ending to me.
Load More Replies...Those people gathering and screaming in front of abortion clinics with pitchforks aren't immature at all, eh?
Load More Replies...You are living in a fantasy world where people never make mistakes. And not everyone is even capable to raise a child after a mistake. Some kids are better off not being born than forced on parents who never wanted them.
Load More Replies...We are the majority, dumbass. Just look at polls and/or election results.
Load More Replies...Pro-choice people do promote contraception, but anti-choice people fight against them, because they don’t care about babies; they care about punishing women who have sex.
Load More Replies...How do you murder something that isn't alive? "Oh NOOOO, I stepped on a rock, I'm a rock murderer! I must pay $10,000 for my crimes!"
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