Tue Sep 7, 2021 – 5:24 pm EDTTue Sep 7, 2021 – 5:26 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft have promised to pay the legal fees for drivers who are sued under Texas’ recently implemented heartbeat law.
Senate Bill 8 allows private individuals to sue people responsible for helping women obtain an abortion after a baby’s heartbeat can be detected. This could include the abortionist, but also someone who drives a woman to the abortion facility.
Lyft CEO Logan Green said his company “has created a Driver Legal Defense Fund to cover 100% of legal fees for drivers sued under SB8 while driving on our platform.”
“This is an attack on women’s access to healthcare and on their right to choose,” Green said. He said his company will also donate $1 million to abortion giant Planned Parenthood.
He also tweeted a link to Planned Parenthood and encouraged people to donate.
Fellow ride-share CEO Dara Khosrowshahi echoed Green’s commitment to helping people who aid and abet criminal abortions.
“Right on @logangreen – drivers shouldn’t be put at risk for getting people where they want to go,” the Uber CEO said on Twitter. He said the company “is in too and will cover legal fees
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