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Lyft to Donate $1M to Planned Parenthood,
Pay Legal Fees for Drivers Sued
under Texas Abortion Law

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/4/2021 2:40:27 PM

Lyft and Uber announced Friday they will pay the legal fees for any of their drivers who are sued under Texas’ new law that prohibits abortion after a heartbeat can be detected. The law allows private citizens to enforce the measure. Though patients may not be sued, any individual can sue the people “knowingly” assisting the procedure, including doctors, those paying for the abortion and clinic workers. Plaintiffs in litigation cases resulting from the law’s implementation can earn up to $10,000 in damages. “Drivers are never responsible for monitoring where their riders go or why. Imagine being a driver

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Reply 1 - Posted by: SALady 9/4/2021 2:42:09 PM (No. 904223)
Sounds like it's time to bankrupt both Lyft and Uber if they want to play that game. Works for me!!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Dreadnought 9/4/2021 2:44:47 PM (No. 904225)
A (selfie level) virtue signal to cover the corporate donation.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 9/4/2021 2:44:49 PM (No. 904226)
Now I have to go back to cabs? Where's Didi?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Toby Ten Bears 9/4/2021 2:51:48 PM (No. 904237)
Murder those babies!! The new battle cry from the leftist/fascist Nazi scum!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Proud Texan 9/4/2021 2:54:39 PM (No. 904239)
I wonder if this means Lyft could be sued for billions for aiding these baby killers.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: snapper451 9/4/2021 2:55:07 PM (No. 904241)
Woke be broke. Learn your lessons idiots, there are more of us out there than you think. Think of the fools who gave money to BLM only to have it spent on personal real estate by the crooks running BLM.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: bogeegolf 9/4/2021 2:56:13 PM (No. 904244)
How about free rides to the abortion clinic. I suppose they could stamp your coupon if you actually went through with it What do the the stockholders think of this nonsense?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Petronius 9/4/2021 2:56:29 PM (No. 904246)
A couple more "woke" companies insisting on committing suicide. Better dump your Lyft and Uber stock now.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: seamusm 9/4/2021 3:01:00 PM (No. 904251)
Seriously doubt they pay out a dime for this virtue(less) signaling.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: SkeezerMcGee 9/4/2021 3:39:24 PM (No. 904273)
Let's think about the Act in the context of a for hire vehicle driver. 171.208(a)(2) reads: "(2) knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion, including paying for or reimbursing the costs of an abortion through insurance or otherwise, if the abortion is performed or induced in violation of this chapter, regardless of whether the person knew or should have known that the abortion would be performed or induced in violation of this chapter; or (3) intends to engage in the conduct described by Subdivision (1) or (2)." After the dust settles court of appeals decisions will collectively hold that no vehicle for hire driver can be held liable under the Act unless the facts show that a pregnant woman - when on her way to her doctor for her illegal abortion apointment - said, "You are now driving me to my doctor appointment to have my illegal abortion." Moreover it's possible, if not probable, that the appeals courts will hold that the legislative intent of this Act does not include conduct as remote and/or as indirect as driving a pregnant anywhere for any reason.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Thos Weatherby 9/4/2021 3:42:23 PM (No. 904278)
See ya lyft.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Thos Weatherby 9/4/2021 3:48:23 PM (No. 904286)
Hit them in the pocket book and let them know. https://www.lyft.com/business/contact-us#contact-us-lets-talk
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Reply 13 - Posted by: DW626 9/4/2021 4:48:08 PM (No. 904313)
Looks like this company is into losing millions of dollars. Oh well…
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Reply 14 - Posted by: kennedylaw 9/4/2021 5:50:11 PM (No. 904383)
Meaningless virtue signaling. The chances of an Uber or Left driver being sued under the statute are exactly zero.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 9/4/2021 7:07:16 PM (No. 904438)
Why sue the driver, they don't have any money? When you sue you go to the deep pockets, the company.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: columba 9/4/2021 7:20:38 PM (No. 904467)
After the real President is reinstated, this act too will be de-funded.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: retiredjag 9/5/2021 10:13:11 PM (No. 905470)
Cancelled my UBER and UBER Eats accounts . . . . . I did without these services before, I can learn to do withoutthem now. Too bad for their employees.
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