Companies: AT&T and UnitedHealth donated over $100,000 to Texas lawmakers behind new abortion law

[Stuart G]

https://www.businessinsider.com/att-unitedhealth-companies-donated-texas-lawmakers-abortion-law-2021-9

A Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect on Wednesday. It comes as the conservative-led Supreme Court is set to consider a case that could upend Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion.

Recent data revealed that 86 companies in the Fortune 250 gave $5.9 million to candidates seeking office in the Texas legislature in 2020, and seven of those companies gave over $100,000 to sponsors of the abortion law.

On August 2, UltraViolet, an organization that fights to expand women's rights, released an analysis of public data on corporate political spending in Texas. It reports that nine of the primary sponsors of SB8, the abortion law, received more than $100,000 from corporations like AT&T and UnitedHealth Group. While those companies did not take a stand on the abortion law, their contributions were significant in electing the lawmakers who sponsored it.

Here are the seven companies that made the largest cumulative donations to the sponsors and cosponsors of SB8:

AT&T: $291,042, amounting to 53% of its total in-state donations
Charter Communications: $219,500, or 61% of its donations
Berkshire Hathaway: $128,550, 53% of total donations
Exelon: $124,000, or 56% of total donations
UnitedHealth Group: $121,000, or 53% of total donations
Union Pacific: $109,000, or 43% of total donations
Chevron: $105,500, or 50% of total donations

[rickyhall]

1. I've been done with AT&T for a while & United Healthcare keeps sending me medicare info.

Fuck 'em both. I have Hulu & Humana.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. Good luck finding any company that doesn't give money to both parties.

Especially ones who are heavily regulated like telephone, data and health. We do our best to stay with companies that are friendly to our views, but it is almost impossible if you do your research properly.

[AllaN01Bear]

3. give their workers better salaries rather than playing stoopid games w

peoples lives .
union pacific is a federaly charted company and they need to be reminded about their status .