Misogynist barbarians in Alabama impose forced pregnancy law

[two sheds]

Also, the accused can't get any legal costs back even if they're proven not to have done what they're accused of. So there are literally no consequences. Don't like your neighbour? Accuse them of facilitating an abortion (giving someone advice would be enough) and they have to spend time and money attempting to prove you wrong.

Sounds a plan. I'm sure I've heard the Texas governor has been facilitating an abortion

 

[scifisam]

Sounds a plan. I'm sure I've heard the Texas governor has been facilitating an abortion

They can afford to defend it and would never be found guilty anyway. Jo, who annoys you and also has slightly brown skin so is obviously a wrong'un, will probably have to take a few days off work and get a loan for a lawyer. And thus will be terrified of ever even discussing abortion.

 

[likesfish]

The snitch website has crashed people are randomly posting junk and badly photoshopped porn of the govenour as well.
I'd feel sorry for any it workers to have to view that but admin that site your guility.

 

[hitmouse]

This seems like some proper well-done sabotage to me:




The scripts seem to be at:

GitHub - SeanDaBlack/AbBOT

Contribute to SeanDaBlack/AbBOT development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

iPhone/IOS shortcut is Shortcuts

Pls note that I don't know shit about scripting so idk how any of this works.

 

[hitmouse]

Also a few local orgs that could probably use some support include:

Fund Texas Choice | Funding Texans' Travel to Abortion Clinics

Fund Texas Choice helps Texans equitably access abortion through safe, confidential, and comprehensive travel services and practical support.

fundtexaschoice.org

Clinic Access Support Network

By mobilizing the power of volunteers, Clinic Access Support Network, CASN, provides transportation, accommodations, childcare assistance, and compassionate care to people seeking abortion services in Houston. We understand that one's legal right to have an abortion is meaningless without real acces

www.clinicaccess.org

Texas Equal Access Fund - Texas Equal Access Fund

teafund.org

 

[spring-peeper]

 

[Ax^]

 

[spring-peeper]

four minutes of your time...

 

[Ax^]

 

[spring-peeper]

So we have Uber and lyft telling their drivers that the company will cover any legal fees.

Now, this.




This approach worked against north Carolina's bathroom bill.
The arts and sports went elsewhere.

 

[krtek a houby]

 

[two sheds]

Biden does have to do something - if he's afraid of starting a civil war better now because the democrats will have no chance when it comes and the republicans are back in.

 

[two sheds]

Satanists may be the last hope against Texas's abortion bill

The Satanic Temple is attempting to use its status as a religious organization to claim abortion is a faith-based right.

fortune.com

Not read it all but good luck to them, I might convert myself if I were in Texas.

 

[existentialist]

Satanists may be the last hope against Texas's abortion bill

The Satanic Temple is attempting to use its status as a religious organization to claim abortion is a faith-based right.

fortune.com

Not read it all but good luck to them, I might convert myself if I were in Texas.

Nice one. And if they don't succeed, they're opening up an interesting new front.

 

[scifisam]

So we have Uber and lyft telling their drivers that the company will cover any legal fees.

Now, this.

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This approach worked against north Carolina's bathroom bill.
The arts and sports went elsewhere.

It also helped in Georgia, because Atlanta was making a huge amount of money from Marvel and other movies that were being filmed there, and the studios were serious about pulling out.

If Uber is serious about that then it changes my opinions on them a little.

 

[Dogsauce]

The snitching website is also being kicked off their web provider (godaddy) for breaching terms of service. That was after they were flooded with fake information by good folk.

 

[Ax^]

lots of people are on it

twitter, tic tok, reddit and even worst places on the web

fair play to them all

 

[Ax^]

 

[krtek a houby]

This whole thing that's re-surfacing after the Texas ruling - Hilary was right. Hilary warned us . Hope all of you (Democrats) who didn't vote for Hilary are ashamed and so on. Wtf?

 

[NoXion]

This whole thing that's re-surfacing after the Texas ruling - Hilary was right. Hilary warned us . Hope all of you (Democrats) who didn't vote for Hilary are ashamed and so on. Wtf?

Could you elaborate? I'm not sure what you're getting at.

 

[Yossarian]

Could you elaborate? I'm not sure what you're getting at.

The Texas law isn't being struck down by the Supreme Court because Donald Trump appointed three anti-abortion judges to the court, Hillary Clinton supporters are now doing some I-told-you-so-ing.

 

[krtek a houby]

Could you elaborate? I'm not sure what you're getting at.

Am seeing it on social media from Hilary fan Dems. That all Democrat voters/undecided should have supported her. As Yossarian says, a lot of "I told you so" at present. Don't think they understand that she was an unlikeable candidate.

 

[spring-peeper]

Saw the below this morning, then it seemed to disappear.
Facebook is good at repeating itself.

 

[spring-peeper]

Their website was removed by godaddy, so they found a new home.
Soon after the move, their new host was already having issues with the site.

Anti-Abortion Snitching Site Gets Dealt Another Blow

The “whistleblowing” site found a new home after getting the boot from GoDaddy, but now it’s been forced to disable the function that allowed it to receive anonymous tips.

www.thedailybeast.com

The site, created by the evangelical group Texas Right to Life, had gotten the boot from hosting provider GoDaddy on Friday, but it had found a new home alongside neo-Nazis and white supremacists on Saturday. That’s when Epik, a provider known for hosting right-wing extremist groups, welcomed ProLifeWhistleblower.com to its client roster, according to domain registration data cited by Ars Technica.

By Saturday night, however, even Epik apparently saw the need to impose limits on what ProLifeWhistlerblower.com was doing.

“We received complaints about the site,” a representative said in a statement late Saturday, noting that the site had “violated Epik’s Terms of Use.” The specific violation was reportedly the collection of information on third-parties without their consent.

“We contacted the owner of the domain, who agreed to disable the collection of user submissions on this domain,” the statement said.

It was not immediately clear if the anti-abortion site could still solicit anonymous tips via email or other means.

 

[Gromit]

The Texas law isn't being struck down by the Supreme Court because Donald Trump appointed three anti-abortion judges to the court, Hillary Clinton supporters are now doing some I-told-you-so-ing.

I believe separation between government and the law is vitally important.
The fact that the president appoints (for life) supreme court justices is for me a broken system.

RBG was fantastic.
She was replaced by someone who views are probably the polar opposite.
Amy Barrett has personal opinions against abortion but has said that she won't let those beliefs affect her work as a judge.
Forgive me if I don't believe her.

 

[maomao]

I believe separation between government and the law is vitally important.

You really are thick as mince aren't you.

 

[Yossarian]

Am seeing it on social media from Hilary fan Dems. That all Democrat voters/undecided should have supported her. As Yossarian says, a lot of "I told you so" at present. Don't think they understand that she was an unlikeable candidate.

They shouldn't blame the voters, they should blame the Democratic Party apparatus that put all its weight behind promoting an unpopular candidate and undermining her rival. Though to be fair to Clinton, her remarks after a June 2016 Supreme Court decision striking down an earlier Texas abortion law were very prescient.

But the current political battle being waged over filling the current vacant seat on the Supreme Court—and the fact that our next president could appoint as many as three or four justices in the next four years—are striking reminders that we can’t take rulings like today’s for granted.

Just consider Donald Trump. the Republicans’ presumptive nominee. The man who could be president has said there should be some form of “punishment” for women seeking abortions. He pledged to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. And last year, he said he’d shut down the government rather than fund Planned Parenthood. If we send Trump to the White House and a Republican majority to Congress, he could achieve any—or all—of these things.

And that’s why this election is so important. The outcome of November’s contests, from the presidency to state legislatures, is going to be a deciding factor in whether our elected officials and our courts defend or attack a woman’s right to health care for generations to come.”

 

[not-bono-ever]

It’s been a while since I studied us stuff. A long while. Tropes about the state itself aside - Honest Q: does the Texas electorate generally support this move ?

 

[spanglechick]

It’s been a while since I studied us stuff. A long while. Tropes about the state itself aside - Honest Q: does the Texas electorate generally support this move ?

As I understand it, this isn’t like Northern Ireland, where feeling on the ground is substantially pro choice, but the political system is so toxic that an oppressive state is perpetuated.

There is a kneejerk, but also deeply held religiosity throughout America (though especially in the south) that is miles and miles away from any other western democracy that it’s hard to conceptualise. 20% of Americans go to church etc at least once a week. Almost half are identified members of a local religious community/congregation. Both those stats, btw - from 2020 data, are by far the lowest for years, but are unrecognisable in otherwise similar nations.

As of 2014, 55% of Americans across all religions and none, say that they pray every single day. Even if there’s an element of inflation in self reporting, you have a nation where 55% of people think they should pray daily.

And people vote on religious grounds. Preachers and local religious leaders tell their communities who to vote for.

There is a simple, superficially consistent case against abortion. If you believe abortion is killing a baby, and on the surface that’s not a huge leap, then of course you’ll vote against abortion rights. It must seem like a legally sanctioned Holocaust of children. And you wouldn’t allow a baby to be killed even if it was conceived through rape or incest, or if it was going to have overwhelming, life-limiting defects and would only survive for moments after birth. If you believe a fertilised, implanted egg is where a life begins then the rest is very clear. And if you are internally and performatively religious, and your religious community, elders and leaders have told you that is where life begins, and that the only morally acceptable way to vote is against abortion, then you do.

In the south, it’s not unknown for democrat candidates and politicians to have to be publicly anti abortion too.

 

[spanglechick]

As I understand it, this isn’t like Northern Ireland, where feeling on the ground is substantially pro choice, but the political system is so toxic that an oppressive state is perpetuated.

There is a kneejerk, but also deeply held religiosity throughout America (though especially in the south) that is miles and miles away from any other western democracy that it’s hard to conceptualise. 20% of Americans go to church etc at least once a week. Almost half are identified members of a local religious community/congregation. Both those stats, btw - from 2020 data, are by far the lowest for years, but are unrecognisable in otherwise similar nations.

As of 2014, 55% of Americans across all religions and none, say that they pray every single day. Even if there’s an element of inflation in self reporting, you have a nation where 55% of people think they should pray daily.

And people vote on religious grounds. Preachers and local religious leaders tell their communities who to vote for.

There is a simple, superficially consistent case against abortion. If you believe abortion is killing a baby, and on the surface that’s not a huge leap, then of course you’ll vote against abortion rights. It must seem like a legally sanctioned Holocaust of children. And you wouldn’t allow a baby to be killed even if it was conceived through rape or incest, or if it was going to have overwhelming, life-limiting defects and would only survive for moments after birth. If you believe a fertilised, implanted egg is where a life begins then the rest is very clear. And if you are internally and performatively religious, and your religious community, elders and leaders have told you that is where life begins, and that the only morally acceptable way to vote is against abortion, then you do.

In the south, it’s not unknown for democrat candidates and politicians to have to be publicly anti abortion too.

Apols if I’m wrong about any of this. I’m not trying to claim authority, I’ve just taken a concerned and active interest in this since my holiday to Louisiana coincided with the 2016 GOP candidate race and I ended up watching a lot of tv news as Trump kept failing to fall behind like everyone thought, at the same time as Alabama was doing shady stuff to restrict access to terminations.