So, an Uber driver, who has no clue about his/her client, may be liable for $10,000

[MoonRiver]

if the client is going to an place where abortions are conducted. This is completely INSANE. And that's just part of the evil and insanity about this TexASS bill!

[iemanja]

2. You know who probably won't be fined

or imprisoned--the man who got the woman pregnant.

[Lovie777]

3. Nor have to pay child support ......

[thucythucy]

4. If I were at all involved in Uber

as a driver or owner or manager of stock holder I'd be looking at going to court to file an injunction, then a suit throwing this out. Not being an attorney I'm not sure of how to argue this exactly, my hunch would be something to do with 14th Amendment rights to due process and equal protection.

Just a thought.

[FSogol]

10. That assumes Uber cares about the "independent contractors" that drive for them.

[thucythucy]

11. True. nt

[sl8]

5. Where did you see that?

https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB8/id/2395961

I see where it applies to knowing participants, but not unknowing participants

[Thomas Hurt]

6. I am still trying to figure out how the plaintiff's in these snitch law suits is going to know...

or have proof to get their 10K.

[DBoon]

7. If Uber were regulated as a common carrier, they may not be liable

Of course Uber would spend hundreds of millions of dollars to avoid such regulation

I am not a lawyer.

[gldstwmn]

8. Thanks to Amy Kooky Barrett, friend of Squee and

Neil Gorsucks, here we are. Someone said the case was with Alito but we have no way of really knowing. Biden must expand the court. It is logical, reasonable and it's time.

[madville]

9. The key word is "Knowingly"

The bill says "knowingly aids and abets". Not sure how that would apply to an Uber driver.

Not defending the bill, there is plenty enough wrong with the core of it that stretching out the edges isn't really necessary.

[XanaDUer2]

12. Simple

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uber cannot pick up child-bearing-age women during business hours. Or, if the woman camps out at a clinic, they may have to stop all such pickups.

Uber drivers could, potentially, be reported. Who will be doing the investigations in all these cases?

do police have the time, or will Homeland security. Is there enough staff?

[0rganism]

13. What about a Greyhound bus driver for a route to a "Free" state?

Better not have any women on that trip to Santa Fe or get ready for lawsuits.

[Jspur]

14. This is a stupid overreaction and I say this

as someone who is against the Texas abortion law. Highly unlikely an Uber driver is going to face this liability. This is just some angry hypothetical situation that has little to zero chance of happening.