Texas Abortion Law Has Houston Company Hiring Elsewhere

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

HOUSTON, TX — A Houston-based chemicals company is planning to hire more people outside Texas because of the state's recent social policies, including the abortion ban, according to a report from Axios.

Solugen, a startup backed by Silicon Valley venture capital firms, is expanding its research and development department and will build a facility in either California or Massachusetts, according to Axios.

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"We've come to the conclusion after talking to lots of candidates that they want to join Solugen but they don't feel comfortable coming to Texas, so for us it's become a no brainer to have R&D facilities elsewhere," Solugen CEO Gaurab Chakrabarti told Axios.

Several companies have announced pushback to the law since it took effect nearly a week ago. The Austin-based dating app Bumble announced Friday it was creating a relief fund to support reproductive rights. Uber and Lyft announced Saturday that they will cover the fees for any of its drivers who are sued for driving someone to receive an abortion.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/texas-abortion-law-has-houston-company-hiring-elsewhere-report/ar-AAOcfic

[dsc]

1. this should hardly be surprising

most of their perspective employees would either be of reproductive age themselves and/or have children that are of reproductive age. I can't imagine young women in particular not taking this law into account before deciding to move.

[TlalocW]

2. I would hazard a guess that

An extra benefit of their doing so is that while they'll be taxed more in those states, they'll have a grid that is more reliable.

TlalocW

[intheflow]

3. Keep the f*ck away from Massachusetts!

I spent enough time on the Gulf Coast to know I don't want their petrochemical plant in my backyard.

Signed,
itf
aka Person Living in a Poor Massachusetts City Whose Mayor is Stupid Enough to Think This Might Be a Good Revitalization Project

[DavidDvorkin]

4. This is R&D, not a petrochemical plant.

[intheflow]

6. Wouldn't "development" mean

a testing lab for petrochemicals?

[DavidDvorkin]

9. Not necessarily

And even if it did, it would be on a very small scale, not something belching godawfulness into the air.

[monkeyman1]

5. Texas is now officially a toxic state & definitely a bio-hazard ! avoid at all cost's !

[ffr]

7. +1

Them, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, etc...

[iluvtennis]

8. Bravo -- hit the TX economy in the pocketbook. n/t