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Lyft said Friday it would cover legal fees for drivers on its platform who are sued under Texas restrictive abortion law that went into effect this week.
The law bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a time period before many women have even discovered theyre pregnant.
Patients may not be sued, but people aiding the procedure, including doctors, people paying for the procedure and clinic workers are at risk. That includes rideshare drivers who can be punished for transporting women to clinics to receive abortions, where they could be fined $10,000.
Drivers are never responsible for monitoring where their riders go or why. Imagine being a driver and not knowing if you are breaking the law by giving someone a ride, the company said in a release. Similarly, riders never have to justify, or even share, where they are going and why. 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. Both are completely unacceptable.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/03/lyft-will-cover-legal-fees-for-drivers-sued-under-texas-abortion-law.html
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,345 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)In fact, one of the quickest ways to get it overturned would be if they were sue, along with the contractors who built the facility, made the bricks, manufactured the equipment, paved the roads, etc.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)Or get picked up if my husband isn't available.
But then, I had my lady parts removed in 2007 due to pre-Cancer. I did not need them.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)To test the law. Do any billionaires care about reproductive rights?
LeftInTX
(25,331 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)A women could be going to PP for a STD test, and if a driver takes her there, they could be sued. Drivers would then be reluctant to takes people if they were going to the clinic because they fear being sued.