Posted on 09/03/2021 8:26:26 PM PDT by Coronal
New legislation in Texas bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and threatens legal repercussions for those who may help with the procedure — including rideshare drivers. On Friday, Uber and Lyft each said they'll cover the legal fees of drivers who are sued for driving passengers to the outlawed healthcare procedures.
"This law is incompatible with people's basic rights to privacy, our community guidelines, the spirit of rideshare, and our values as a company," Lyft's co-founders and general counsel said in a statement.
The rideshare company has created a Driver Legal Defense Fund that will cover all legal fees for drivers sued under Texas' abortion law while using its platform. Lyft also said it will donate $1 million to Planned Parenthood "to help ensure that transportation is never a barrier to healthcare access."
The law, which is the most restrictive measure on abortion in the nation, went into effect this week and allows private citizens to sue anyone who "engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion." Under the legislation, ride-sharing drivers who drive passengers to their abortion procedures could face fines exceeding $10,000.
Lyft called the law "an attack on women's right to choose."
"Imagine being a pregnant woman trying to get to a healthcare appointment and not knowing if your driver will cancel on you for fear of breaking a law," Lyft said.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said his company will also follow suit and "cover legal fees in the same way" as Lyft.
"Drivers shouldn't be put at risk for getting people where they want to go," Khosrowshahi said on Twitter Friday.
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Hahaha. Let’s watch this long term
Good grief!
Aren’t 65 plus million dead babies enough for you all!
Vultures!
Sounds like some of their company execs might be charged with conspiracy.
OFFS!
Texas could put in a loss of chauffeur’s license as part of the deal.
Nice fake taxi company you got there.
Be a real shame if…..
Isn’t that special - companies deciding they don’t like a law and working to undermine it. What if some company decided they didn’t like ammo restrictions in NY and encouraged their drivers to ignore it?
“donate $1 million to Planned Parenthood.” Lost souls. Pity. No amount of cash will make abortion seem cool.
Will they cover the legal fees of the Afghan drivers who assault, rape and murder?
The Devil requires blood sacrifices.
The devils minions. In action
“”Drivers shouldn’t be put at risk for getting people where they want to go,” Khosrowshahi said on Twitter Friday.”
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What has that got do with abortion you dumb tw&t
“Right to privacy” = right to murder innocent blood.
These are some sick, ghoulish, virtue-signaling companies that deserve boycotting.
I’m trying to figure out how anyone knows WHERE someone ordering a taxi is actually going. A lot of these abortion places are situated among lots of other buildings.
So Uber and Lyft will fund Planned Parenthood to help women get abortions, but still not one penny for healthcare for their drivers.
So a lot of uber drivers performing abortions? I didn’t know.
Under this law, a person doesn’t have to be directly participating in an abortion to be vulnerable to liability. Anyone invo1vled in any capacity can be held liable and sued.
well. looks like immoral behavior costs again. thank God.
Roe vs. Wade is based on a lie. Roe claimed she was “gang raped” and needed the abortion. She recanted years later.
And even IF she was telling the truth, the law was based on nothingness - “right to privacy”? F*** is that?
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