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Taylor Goldenstein
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Austin Bureau
Sep. 7, 2021
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 9:53 p.m.
When an anti-abortion group last week created a pro-life whistleblower website encouraging people to anonymously report violations of Texas new six-week abortion ban, a group of politically active Texans noticed one potentially fatal flaw.
Theyre trying to use the internet to retaliate against people who were raised on the internet, said Olivia Julianna, an 18-year-old student and activist from Sugar Land who is among the leadership of a group called Gen Z-For Change. The group was formerly known as TikTok for Biden.
Olivia, who goes by only her first and middle names on social media due to safety concerns, said the goal was clear: This website, if we can mess with them in any way, if we can stop even one woman from having a lawsuit filed against her or waste even a second of their time, we need to do it.
The tip site was meant to help enforce Senate Bill 8, the Texas law that went into effect at the start of this month that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before most women know theyre pregnant.
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LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)Duppers
(28,094 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)great gal
Hekate
(90,189 posts)ShazzieB
(15,952 posts)Not the whole thing,anyway. It loads, I start to read, then a box pops up. The only option are login, subscribe, or go home. I hit go home, it takes me to the front page, I click on the story, box pops up, etc..
I understand why there are paywalls, but it's aggravating to not be able to readeven ONE STORY before it kicks in. Oh well, if a great thing this young woman did. Kudos to her!
NJCher
(35,423 posts)When Im on my computer.