Students demonstrate at the Texas Capitol opposing a new Texas law banning abortions after six weeks in Austin, Texas, USA, on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. The Senate Bill of Texas 8, SB8, which bans abortions after six weeks in the state of Texas went into effect on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Austin Academics for a Democratic Society and the Feminist Action Project staged a protest against the application of the new outdoor law at the Texas Capitol.
Students demonstrate at the Texas Capitol opposing the new Texas law banning abortions after six weeks in Austin, Texas, USA. Texas Senate Bill 8, BANNING ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS in the State of Texas went into effect Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Austin scholars for a Democratic Society and the Feminist Action Project staged a protest against the application of the new outdoor law at the Texas Capitol.
Protesters protest the state’s new law that completely bans abortions in Texas, outdoors at the State Capitol in Austin, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. In protest of Texas’ new abortion law, activists said they flooded the online page created through the state’s largest anti-abortion organization with false advice (Montinique Monroe/The New York Times).
Since Texas’ new restrictive abortion law, SB 8, was enacted on Sept. 1, it has drawn strong complaints across the country from politicians, reproductive rights organizations and advocates, Texans and non-Texas residents.
But so far, few giant corporations have spoken out about the new restrictive ban, which stands in stark contrast to corporate backlash and Major League Baseball’s resolve just a few months ago to pull the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta, due to Georgia’s decision. new law restricting voting.
The new Texas law bans abortions in the state around six weeks and allows citizens to sue providers and others who “help and encourage” an abortion, which can even come with taking a woman to a clinic. just get at least $10,000.
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Some corporations such as Uber and Lyft, whose workers and consumers may be affected by the new law, have made their position transparent and presented monetary support.
Lyft sent an email Saturday to its motorcyclists and drivers to protect the right of drivers and women to access the physical care they need.
“Drivers are never there to track where their drivers are going or why,” the email read.
“Imagine being a driving force and not knowing if you are breaking the law while driving someone. Similarly, driving forces never have to justify, or even share, where they pass and why. Imagine being a pregnant woman looking to move on to a midterm fitness appointment and not knowing if your driving force will cancel you out for worrying about breaking a law. Both are absolutely unacceptable. This law is incompatible with people’s basic privacy rights, the guidelines of our network, the spirit of car-sharing, and our values as a company. “
Rideshare company Lyft sent an email to its drivers and drivers communicating its position on Texas’ new abortion ban, SB8, and promising to cover all legal fees for drivers who sued the new law and donated $1 million to Planned Parenthood.
The ride-sharing company has created a Driver Legal Defense Fund pledging to cover one hundred percent of the legal fees of drivers sued under SB8 and to donate $1 million to Planned Parenthood to help ensure transportation is never a barrier to physical care.
TX SB8 threatens to punish drivers who take other people where they want to go, especially women who exercise their right to choose. @Lyft has created a Driver Legal Defense Fund to cover one hundred percent of the legal fees of drivers sued under SB8 when driving on our platform.
It wasn’t long before competitor Uber added the effort by promising the same legal defense to its drivers.
“Drivers are in no danger of getting other people where they need to go,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote on Twitter.
“The @Uber team also provides and will pay legal prices in the same way. Thank you for the momentum. “
Directly on @logangreen: drivers don’t put themselves in danger to get other people where they need to go. The @Uber team also provides and will pay legal prices in the same way. Thanks for the impulse. https://t. co/85LhOUctSc
In the dating app industry, popular Austin-based correspondence site Bumble, which claims to be owned by women, announced when the law went into effect Sept. 1 that it would release a relief fund for women’s reproductive rights.
“As of today, Bumble has established a fund to help the reproductive rights of women and others of all genders seeking abortions in Texas,” the company wrote on Twitter.
“Bumble is founded and run through women, and from day one, we have stood up for the most vulnerable. We will continue to fight regressive as #SB8. “
As of today, Bumble has established an aid fund that supports the reproductive rights of women and others of all genders who perform abortions in Texas.
For women who have exceeded the new legal limit for an abortion, Planned Parenthood, which is part of a multitude of abortion rights teams suing the state for the law, patients will find an out-of-state provider and the resources to get there. adding monetary assistance. according to their website.
“There are features for abortion care in Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma and other neighboring states,” it reads.
The organization did not respond to requests for comment on the business community’s reaction to Texas’ abortion law.