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teach1st

(5,935 posts)
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 02:47 PM Sep 2021

Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, is busy reporting possible abortions in Texas




I encourage all of you to join me in reporting even mildly suspected abortions to the Texas #Heartbeat hotline. Let's keep these busybodies busy!




More at the link.

(ETA: The form at prolifewhistleblower.com, a private site, isn't working right now...I think Mrs. Bowers broke it.)
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Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, is busy reporting possible abortions in Texas (Original Post) teach1st Sep 2021 OP
"I took a picture of her bumper before it was destroyed by the Lord" happybird Sep 2021 #1
Don't forget: SB8 allows anyone, anywhere, unconnected to an event to sue dalton99a Sep 2021 #2
Yes it does. How asinine. iluvtennis Sep 2021 #21
To sue someone who aided/abetted, like a doctor, a nurse, a lender, a driver soldierant Sep 2021 #42
Gov Greg Abbott was just reported for procuring an abortion for his mistress. Maraya1969 Sep 2021 #54
I've been trying to come up with an I Am Spartacus scenario. Croney Sep 2021 #3
Like leighbythesea2 Sep 2021 #46
I'm 63. Maybe I'll report myself! Maraya1969 Sep 2021 #52
i KNOW FOR A FACT that Ivanka Trump has had 4 abortions in Texas Trueblue1968 Sep 2021 #4
LOL. 🤣😂😁 iluvtennis Sep 2021 #22
'Please investigate these womens!!!!': Pro-choice users spam anti-abortion website with memes mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #5
i hope they are ready to see backalley abortions or ppl skpping into mexico for one . AllaN01Bear Sep 2021 #18
If their spouse, girl friend, prostitute, daughter, etc. need one, what do you bet fwvinson Sep 2021 #29
Excellent. Be sure to practice safe browsing: Pinback Sep 2021 #6
https://prolifewhistleblower.com evolves Sep 2021 #7
This anti-abortion whistleblowing site is being flooded with Shrek porn csziggy Sep 2021 #8
Mrs. Bowers, are gooey keyboards a reportable incident? bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #9
exactly... AmBlue Sep 2021 #11
Blocked AmBlue Sep 2021 #10
Here's the URL for the form AverageOldGuy Sep 2021 #12
As Pinback (#6) states above, be sure to use a VPN or they can trace it FakeNoose Sep 2021 #15
But I AM-- and Have done my part! DemocraticPatriot Sep 2021 #38
This is epic! mcar Sep 2021 #13
Here's my contribution: TygrBright Sep 2021 #14
I have a neighbor who doesn't come to Bible studies on Wednedays or bluecollar2 Sep 2021 #19
I laughed at "Aaron's furniture rentals" ! phylny Sep 2021 #48
Awesome! radical noodle Sep 2021 #23
Done. Let them come find me. eggplant Sep 2021 #16
Report Greg Abbott for causing miscarriages IronLionZion Sep 2021 #17
I reportedGov. Abbott for driving his pregnant mistress to an abortion mill DemocraticPatriot Sep 2021 #37
What about Texas women having their periods? hauckeye Sep 2021 #20
Seems like it. Texaswitchy Sep 2021 #31
Seems simple liberalgunwilltravel Sep 2021 #24
Trump also. Texaswitchy Sep 2021 #33
The anonymous line works now. "How do you think the law was violated?" Hortensis Sep 2021 #25
How about turning in the mega churches. Texaswitchy Sep 2021 #34
Good one. Plenty inside, no doubt. I chose the TX legislature because Hortensis Sep 2021 #35
Those churches will do anything for money. Texaswitchy Sep 2021 #36
Money's certainly important, but I doubt they even have to do "anything," Hortensis Sep 2021 #39
Money's certainly important, but I doubt they even have to do "anything," Hortensis Sep 2021 #40
Submitted a tip as well. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2021 #26
Seriously, folks... WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2021 #27
I said I heard 3 skanks at 1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480 looked like they were wanting fwvinson Sep 2021 #32
Soon to be Texass vs. the TikTok Army Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #28
We need to collect that $10,000. Texaswitchy Sep 2021 #30
Aw, nuts, I can't access the site from Canada ironflange Sep 2021 #41
Reported Dr/Gov Abbott and his paramour at TX Right to Life SharonClark Sep 2021 #43
report corporations: cbabe Sep 2021 #44
Damn canetoad Sep 2021 #45
I submitted one -- the form is back online. Pinback Sep 2021 #47
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #49
Why "Shrek" memes shutting down anti-abortion snitch hotline are just the beginning LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #50
That was a good read -- and a call to action. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2021 #51
Very good read... Pacifist Patriot Sep 2021 #53

happybird

(4,605 posts)
1. "I took a picture of her bumper before it was destroyed by the Lord"
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 02:52 PM
Sep 2021


Some great tweets in there!


Edit: here’s a screenshot:

soldierant

(6,847 posts)
42. To sue someone who aided/abetted, like a doctor, a nurse, a lender, a driver
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 07:14 PM
Sep 2021

not to sue the woman herself.

I honestly don't know whether that makes it any less bad, or worse.

It's pretty clear the result will be to terrify potential supporters into withholding help through fear ... which will make the affected women far more desperate ... and, remember, "desperate" means "without hope."

Croney

(4,657 posts)
3. I've been trying to come up with an I Am Spartacus scenario.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 02:56 PM
Sep 2021

Women in Texas can all start reporting each other for having abortions. Report women of all ages. Let them come for the post-menopausals, the old crones (like me, if I lived there). Maybe I'm having an abortion! Use your time and money to find out!

Trueblue1968

(17,205 posts)
4. i KNOW FOR A FACT that Ivanka Trump has had 4 abortions in Texas
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 03:13 PM
Sep 2021

She told me yesterday over tea and crumpets. I want to TURN HER IN !!!!

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,406 posts)
5. 'Please investigate these womens!!!!': Pro-choice users spam anti-abortion website with memes
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 03:22 PM
Sep 2021
‘Please investigate these womens!!!!’: Pro-choice users spam anti-abortion website with memes

'Hmmm I hope ppl don't abuse this!'

Samira Sadeque Samira Sadeque IRL Published Aug 23, 2021 Updated Aug 24, 2021, 9:45 am CDT

An anti-abortion website in Texas that is calling for people to send anonymous tips about people accessing and assisting abortions has banned at least one pro-choice user from the website for submitting a fake tip.

Peña tweeted a link to the website with a sarcastic message about what it would mean for the website to be spammed with messages that “abused” the system.

“Gosh, I wonder if they factored in people abusing the integrity of this system. Hmmm I hope ppl don’t abuse this! That would be terrible,” she wrote in a tweet on Friday.



The anonymous tip form allows for people to share “attachments of evidence” of the violation. Pro-choice advocates like Peña are making full use of it.

“All my free time today is spamming [the website] with goatse and furry porn,” one Twitter user wrote.

{snip}

AllaN01Bear

(18,162 posts)
18. i hope they are ready to see backalley abortions or ppl skpping into mexico for one .
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 04:40 PM
Sep 2021

these dumb clucks dont care aabout roads . schools . libraries . hospitals etc . the supreme court did what the tfg wanted them to do.
now investigave kavinov.

Pinback

(12,154 posts)
6. Excellent. Be sure to practice safe browsing:
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 03:23 PM
Sep 2021

Use a VPN and/or Tor browser, and delete cookies after visiting.

The form is still not loading -- I tried three different browsers. I'll definitely check back and join this campaign when I can.

Many hilarious submissions in the Twitter thread. America's Best Christian does it again!

Thanks for posting.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
8. This anti-abortion whistleblowing site is being flooded with Shrek porn
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 03:41 PM
Sep 2021
This anti-abortion whistleblowing site is being flooded with Shrek porn
Others have shared tips on how to disrupt the anonymous tip-off site run by supporters of Texas’ abortion ban


If you thought that Shrek was just a swamp-dwelling hypebeast, then think again. As of this week, pro-choice advocates have also adopted NSFW clips of the animated ogre to troll an anti-abortion whistleblowing website in Texas, in scenes that are being compared to TikTok’s longstanding feud with Donald Trump.

Admittedly, that sentence is a lot to take in, so first some background. Starting on September 1 this year, Texas is set to enact a near-total abortion ban, after the state’s so-called “heartbeat bill” was signed into law by the governor, Greg Abbott, back in May. The law makes very few exceptions, including for pregnancy by non-consensual sex, and will prohibit women from seeking abortions after six weeks.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Despite widespread criticism and lawsuits from abortion rights activists, supporters of the ban have been preparing for it to come into effect, inviting people to turn in those they suspect of breaching the law via an anonymous form. Hosted on prolifewhistleblower.com, the tip line encourages users to “help enforce the Texas Heartbeat Act anonymously” by providing information and “evidence” in the form of visual attachments.

Enter: Shrek erotica. Since supporters of the pro-choice movement caught wind of the anonymous snitching site, they’ve shared various ways to disrupt it on social media. As one Reddit post sarcastically reads: “It would be a shame if we all made bogus tips, making the whole system useless.”

More: https://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/53932/1/this-anti-abortion-whistleblowing-site-is-being-flooded-with-shrek-porn-texas


bucolic_frolic

(43,133 posts)
9. Mrs. Bowers, are gooey keyboards a reportable incident?
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 03:45 PM
Sep 2021

Asking, of course, in the interest of equality. Thank you very much.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
15. As Pinback (#6) states above, be sure to use a VPN or they can trace it
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 04:19 PM
Sep 2021

The "anonymous" form allows people to submit anything about anyone in Texas. But they can still trace it back to you, unless you use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to submit it.

We know this is going to be 99% abused by jokers and kids on Reddit, but you should still attempt to use caution. Just sayin'




TygrBright

(20,758 posts)
14. Here's my contribution:
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 04:06 PM
Sep 2021

"I received a phone call from a woman in Texas, I think it was in Austin but it might have been Amarillo, who told me she was going to go get pregnant and then take Plan B "just to fuck with them" and I think this is terrible, they shouldn't have to actually copulate with a man to do this so I suggested she could try breaking into a sperm bank and stealing a whole lot of specimens and organizing a state-wide protest of women deliberately getting pregnant and then taking Plan B just to fuck with y'all.

So if you hear about a break in at a sperm bank, you'll know it's coming."

unrepentantly,
Bright

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
19. I have a neighbor who doesn't come to Bible studies on Wednedays or
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 04:41 PM
Sep 2021

Church on Sundays

He just bought a new car and it has 4 doors! And the windows are tinted!

He "says" he is a salesman. He is often gone for a week and when he comes back the car is very dusty.

He speaks Spanish.

I think he is taking girls to Nuevo Laredo to let them have abortions.

Please investigate this and send my money to my account at Aaron's furniture rentals.

IronLionZion

(45,430 posts)
17. Report Greg Abbott for causing miscarriages
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 04:38 PM
Sep 2021

of justice, causing anxiety-induced abortions, causing grown children to be aborted through COVID, Dan Patrick encourages elderly to be aborted to save the economy, etc.

DemocraticPatriot

(4,344 posts)
37. I reportedGov. Abbott for driving his pregnant mistress to an abortion mill
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 06:20 PM
Sep 2021

just this morning, in Austin. I just happened to be walking by when they got out of the car and entered the building. Such hypocrisy!

I only want to do my part.

I don't know exactly how many legislators in Texas voted for this bill, but that's a lot of driving to abortion providers. I have my work cut out for me.

24. Seems simple
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 05:04 PM
Sep 2021

Anonymously report every Texas Republican politician of aiding and abetting the facilitation of an illegal abortion. Make sure that Ted Cruz is reported at least twice daily, Abbott four times, Paxton twelve, and Dan Patrick 50 times. And what the hell, throw in Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, and Lindsey Graham for seeking illegal out of state abortions.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
25. The anonymous line works now. "How do you think the law was violated?"
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 05:14 PM
Sep 2021
"The Republican state caucuses and governor publicly aborted any vestigial moral core they had along with the oath they all took."

"I, _______________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of ___________________ of the State of Texas, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, so help me God."

I reported them all at once before I realized that I want $10K+ per villain.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
35. Good one. Plenty inside, no doubt. I chose the TX legislature because
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 06:17 PM
Sep 2021

I was an actual witness to their abortion of duty.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
39. Money's certainly important, but I doubt they even have to do "anything,"
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 06:54 PM
Sep 2021

when the usual accepted appeals and techniques to keep the donations to "god's work" coming work so well. Of course, there's always the occasional depravity.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
40. Money's certainly important, but I doubt they even have to do "anything,"
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 06:57 PM
Sep 2021

when the usual accepted appeals and techniques to keep the donations to "god's work" coming work so well. Of course, there're no doubt a full share of hypocritical sinners and occasional depravities. No doubt names can be found on their websites.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)
27. Seriously, folks...
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 05:23 PM
Sep 2021

Go fill one out...it's fun. I told them that even THINKING about having an abortion is an abomination, and these people must be stopped from having thoughts other that those sanctioned by the great and all powerful Trump. Named Greg Abbott as the "clinic". I think we should flood this thing.

 

fwvinson

(488 posts)
32. I said I heard 3 skanks at 1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480 looked like they were wanting
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 05:57 PM
Sep 2021

an abortion.

Pinback

(12,154 posts)
47. I submitted one -- the form is back online.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 10:52 PM
Sep 2021

I said a young woman in my neighborhood told me she was the victim of incest eight weeks ago and planned to travel out of state to get her "baby" "murdered." I told her I would not help her. This wannabe baby-killer should definitely be prosecuted!

I forgot to include "my" address and/or name -- which could be created with any of the fake identity generators on the web. I'll do that on the next one.

Whatever -- at least I helped clog up their system a tiny bit more.

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,130 posts)
50. Why "Shrek" memes shutting down anti-abortion snitch hotline are just the beginning
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 11:44 PM
Sep 2021

There is evidently Shrek porn/fan fiction that is being posted on this tattle tale line


Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
53. Very good read...
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 08:52 AM
Sep 2021
It's a classic, pitiable case of adults praising kids for "saving the world," without considering that kids shouldn't have to. In an ideal world, zoomers would have the peace to be able to use TikTok solely to learn dumb dances, or use Twitter just to subtweet irritating classmates. But instead, they're stuck living in a world where they have to orchestrate mass, online efforts to foil the anti-abortion movement's frequent diabolical, dehumanizing plans.


My generation shouldn't have had to have peace rallies and anti-war marches either. But we did because we cared. I love these internet activists!
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