lyft-will-cover-legal-fees-for-drivers-sued-under-texas-abortion-law

[hookaleft]

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 they’re 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]

1. Oh my god, why give this law any legitimacy whatsoever?

[Hoyt]

2. As bad as the law is, the chances of a Lyft/Uber driver ending up in court is about nil.

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]

3. I use Uber sometimes to go to a Doctor appointment.

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]

4. Maybe some entity needs to guarantee to pay fees and penalties to providers

To test the law. Do any billionaires care about reproductive rights?

[LeftInTX]

7. Yes there are millionaires that care...Don't know about billionaires

[TheRealNorth]

5. Makes sense

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.

[UTUSN]

6. K&R

[TexasTowelie]

8. Uber also agree to pay legal fees for their drivers:

:https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/09/03/uber-lyft-pay-legal-fees-drivers-sued-under-texas-abortion-law/5718736001/