In the latest example of companies fighting the state’s new law, digital solutions platform GoDaddy took down a website that allowed people to report possible abortions in Texas.
A Texas law came into force last week that prohibits abortion clinics from aborting pregnancies after fetal heart activity is detected, usually around the sixth week of pregnancy.
The law opened the way for implementation in the state after the Supreme Court of the United States decided not to interfere.
GoDaddy took down the anti-abortion site around 8 p.m. Friday night, according to page owner Texas Right to Life.
The provider did not respond to the report’s requests for comment, but said in a social media post on Friday that it “notified the website owner yesterday that they violated GoDaddy’s terms of service and wanted to switch to a different provider.” It’s time for 24 hours.”
“We will not be silent,” Kimberlin Schwartz, director of media and communications for Texas Right to Life, said in a statement. CNN. “If adversaries want to degrade our site, we put it back.”
The First Amendment to the US Constitution protects free speech from government censorship. However, GoDaddy as a private company can choose who it does business with. Other internet hosting providers have blocked websites from their systems in the past.
Uber and Lyft Reaction
And GoDaddy isn’t the only company to act after the new Texas law.
travel apps Uber And Lyft said on Friday that they would cover attorneys’ costs for their drivers, who are prosecuted as a result of the new law.
Anyone can sue abortion clinics for alleged violations of the new law, and those who win the case must receive $10,000 from the defeated defendant.
This rule also affects anyone who “helps or encourages” an abortion, which may include, for example, a driver who inadvertently took a woman to an abortion clinic.
Lyft also said it would donate $1 million to Planned Parenthood Health Network, which specializes in fertility care.
Texas-based dating app Bumble & Match said on Friday they would create a relief fund for those affected by the law.
“Bumble is founded and led by women, and from day one we protect the most vulnerable. We will continue to fight for protest in laws,” Bumble posted on its Twitter page.
*Alta Mantra, a collaboration of Charles Riley and Jeevan Raveendran
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