Albuquerque Pro-Life Campaign Site Hacked, E-Mail Redirected to Pro-Abortion Campaign

Albuquerque, NM – The campaign website for ABQ Voters For Late Term Abortion Ban which is
supporting the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance in Albuquerque, New Mexico has been hacked and e-mails meant to go to our official campaign email account have instead been redirected to the abortion-supporting group Respect ABQ Women, which is opposing the Ordinance.

The Pain Capable ordinance, which goes to a vote on November 19, is the first of its kind to be proposed at the municipal level and would ban abortions after 20 weeks within the Albuquerque city limits, where the largest late-term abortion clinic in the nation currently operates. The campaign has received national attention.

At first glance, there is nothing unusual about the e-mail address on the contact page at the pro-life website LateTermAbortionBan.com. However, once the link is clicked, e-mail does not go to “abqvoters@gmail.com” as one would expect. Instead, e-mail is directed to “info@respectabqwomen.org,” the e-mail address for an opposing group, Respect ABQ Women, which supports abortion through all nine months of pregnancy and has connections to Pres. Barack Obama’s political activism group Organizing for Action. Planned Parenthood and the ACLU have pumped over a half million dollars into defeating the late-term abortion ban, outspending pro-life groups by nearly 4 to 1.

Tara Shaver, chairperson for the pro-life PAC whose website was hacked was shocked to learn that official campaign e-mail was landing in the inbox of the opposition.

“It’s not just our e-mail that was hijacked. This act was meant to hijack the election and thwart the will of the people. We have reported this criminal behavior to the FBI as a cybercrime,” said Shaver. “All we want is a fair up or down vote on an ordinance that has received overwhelming support from the community and will save thousands of lives. The people should be the ones to decide if they want to protect babies that are half way through pregnancy and older. It shouldn’t be up to some cowardly hackers who are trying to subvert the process.”

Operation Rescue published a video on Youtube.com documenting how the e-mail was redirected.

“Campaign dirty tricks like this are despicable. I hope the people of Albuquerque not let these bullies and criminals win in their effort to derail a fair campaign. We urge voters to respond by resolving to turn out and vote for the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance on November 19,” said Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor for Operation Rescue. Sullenger will be in Albuquerque later in the week to lend support for the campaign.

Tara Shaver