Individuals Are Opposing Texas Abortion Laws By Spamming The Whistleblower Website In Unique Ways

On September 1st, 2021, the Texas Heartbeat Act was enacted. It’s a very contentious new law that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy—the time when a fetus’s first "heartbeat" is thought to be recorded.

The law also entails punishment for anyone who assists a person in obtaining an abortion, including doctors and even those who drive a person to an abortion clinic. These offenders could face tens of thousands of dollars in fines.

Because it was one of the most extreme anti-abortion laws ever enacted, this law immediately caused further divisions across the country. The six-week period is so short that many women and people with uteruses will not even realize they are pregnant, by which time they will be labeled criminals for choosing to abort.

To back up the ban, the pro-life advocacy group "Texas Right to Life" has set up an anonymous whistleblower website where concerned Texans can report suspected offenders and those involved in the process. Many local Texans, however, have condemned the new law and this group, and they are not going to remain silent about it.

Some of them have issued a rallying cry to the internet to fight back, and fortunately for them, the internet has responded almost instantly. Some Texans began to oppose the new anti-abortion law by flooding the whistleblower website with memes, fake tip-offs, and other web content in order to waste the pro-life group's time and resources and otherwise mock them.

This is real!

dcopaken

People who oppose anti-abortion laws and campaigns believe that such laws and movements are a direct attack on women's autonomy and everyone who has a uterus. As a result, if there is anything they can do to oppose these laws and campaigns, they are willing to go to any length to actualize it.

Spamming their form with nonsense

ziibiing

Furthermore, they believe that what women and people with uteruses wish to do with their bodies is their choice and that they should be able to control it.

Breaking news...

NoLieWithBTC

Abortion laws and rights are sensitive issues that affect everyone in some way. As a result, we felt it was necessary to highlight some other key moments from this battle for you.

Someone sent Shrek pictures...

ellepolloloca ellepolloloca

She stands up for what is right

Lindsay31712712

@colethesciencedude had his own idea on how to disrupt the efforts made by the group.

So Texas banned abortion...

ksccostello

Websites are now popping up

ksccostello

A real looking but ultimately fake user

ksccostello

Submitting so many false entries

ksccostello

That would just be totally wrong

ksccostello

Activists online realized that they could fight it, and so they took @colethesciencedude's advice.

There's a whistleblower website...

cameron_kasky

Making life extra enjoyable

indyfromspace

Repeat as often as you like

citycyclops

Keeping the nutjobs busy...

Dona_Ximena

Joining the fun

cryptic_yeet

My latest submission

maqart55

There will always be questions about the fetus’s right to life. At the same time, questions about women’s right to abortion, particularly if the woman isn’t prepared or if the pregnancy is the outcome of a crime such as child sex abuse or rape, will always abound.

Flooding the website...

kathleenhanna

Do me one better...

JWoody907

Making them sound real

TaxTheRich408

Don't spam the link with nonsense

Bi_Laws

Doing my own part

commiedaughter

@black_madness21 had a similar idea to spam fake reports using scripting code

b_denum

And here it is...

b_denum

The debate over abortion will never cease to polarize society. It even creates a division between those supporting women’s rights to safe abortion and those campaigning for anti-abortion laws.

Please let us know what your thoughts are on this sensitive issue of abortion rights and laws. Do you think the government was inconsiderate of the plight of women in this law or not?