GoDaddy boots Texas anti-abortion tipster website from its servers
- The web hosting service provider told prolifewhistleblower.com to find a new company to host its site
- The website was set up by anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life to collect anonymous tips under a law barring terminations after six weeks of pregnancy
GoDaddy said in a statement on Friday it had informed prolifewhistleblower.com on Thursday that it had violated the US web hosting company’s terms of service and had to move to a different provider.
The prolifewhistleblower.com website was set up by anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life to collect anonymous tips under the law barring terminations after six weeks of pregnancy – before many women know they are pregnant.
According to the law, anyone living in Texas can sue an abortion provider or anyone suspected of “aiding” an abortion to take place, with US$10,000 rewards if they win in a civil case.
Calls to flood the website with bogus tips sprouted on social media, while by late Friday, an attempt to reach the tip portion of the site was blocked, with a message saying access was denied by a GoDaddy firewall.