Oh no, how will people be able to e-beg on GoFundMe if this becomes a thing?
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Well, they’re back at it! Texas Rep. Steve Toth introduced a bill this week that would ban pro-choice websites. Under the “Women and Child Safety Act,” internet service providers would be forced to block any site that contains information about how to obtain abortions or abortion medication. That means the websites of pro-choice organizations and abortion funds would be banned—even Abortion, Every Day would be illegal under the bill.
The bill even includes a list of specific websites that would be banned in the state, including: Aid Access, Hey Jane, Plan C Pills, Just the Pill, and Carafem.
If passed, the law would allow citizens to bring civil suits against internet service providers that don’t block these websites. (Which is sort of Texas’ thing—they love to incentivize communities turning on each other over abortion.)
But it doesn’t end there: Toth’s legislation would charge anyone who raises money for abortion care with a felony—with a particular eye towards targeting abortion funds. In fact, the legislation prompts the state Attorney General to investigate and charge abortion funds using the RICO Act, which is meant to go after organized crime. (If you’ve read my book, you know all about this; Republicans are eager to go after ‘the helpers.’)
https://jessica.substack.com/p/texas-bill-would-ban-pro-choice-websites
More people better not start anonymously putting requests for abortion access, abortion aid, paying for a site providing abortion information, or paying for college education to become an abortion provider.
How would people be able to pay for 2k medical bills for getting some tylenol if GoFundMe is banned in Texas?
That would be awful, just awful.