Lyft, Uber Will Pay Legal Fees For Drivers Sued Under SB-8 “Imagine being a pregnant woman trying to get a healthcare appointment and not knowing if your driver will cancel on you for fear of breaking a law.'
Remember, the Texas abortion law now in effect does not allow exceptions for rape and incest. Rape and incest.The sense of dystopian dread isn’t only because pregnant people are in danger if they try to have an abortion performed while in state lines. Technically speaking, abortion hasn’t been criminalized in Texas.
“Imagine being a pregnant woman trying to get a healthcare appointment and not knowing if your driver will cancel on you for fear of breaking a law,” Lyft CEO Logan Green wrote. On September 3, he tweeted that Lyft would not be bending to this archaic law. “TX SB8 threatens to punish drivers for getting people where they need to go— especially women exercising their right to choose.
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