WTF is Happening in Texas? 666 New Laws in Effect Today

[Aurrora]

That's unfortunately the actual point. They're not doing this to stop abortions, they doing this to throw women and doctors in jail.

Could you point to the provision that allows for that?

[Rasulis]

Lyft And Uber Will Pay Drivers' Legal Fees If They're Sued Under Texas Abortion Law

Ride-hailing apps Lyft and Uber said they will cover all the legal fees of any of their drivers who are sued under Texas's restrictive new abortion law.

The law, which went into effect this week, bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. It lets private citizens sue anyone who helps someone obtain an abortion, including by providing a ride to a clinic. That's raised concerns that ride-hailing drivers could be sued simply for transporting passengers.

"Drivers are never responsible for monitoring where their riders go or why. Imagine being a driver and not knowing if you are breaking the law by giving someone a ride," Lyft said in a statement on Friday.

"Similarly, riders never have to justify, or even share, where they are going and why. Imagine being a pregnant woman trying to get to a healthcare appointment and not knowing if your driver will cancel on you for fear of breaking a law. Both are completely unacceptable."

The statement was signed by Lyft CEO Logan Green, President John Zimmer and General Counsel Kristin Sverchek.

Not much else to say. At the end, they are still San Francisco companies.

The Texas-based dating app Bumble said this week it's creating a fund to support reproductive rights and help people seeking abortions in the state. The CEO of Match, which owns dating apps including Tinder and is also based in Texas, said she would personally create a fund to help employees and their dependents who are affected by the law.

Even dating app company is against the law? There must be some significance there.

[postman1782]

I am so tempted to file a tip with that site, assuming it survives, that there is a mass murderer of children living and working at 1010 Colorado St, Austin, Texas.

Guessing that is the Governor's mansion address? Cuz that would be hilarious.

[Zaydin]

Guessing that is the Governor's mansion address? Cuz that would be hilarious.

There's always your old friend Google if you want to know for sure.

[szechuan]

Elon Musk is a coward.



https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-suppor...nor-1847610572

[JohnBrown1917]

Elon Musk is a coward.



https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-suppor...nor-1847610572

Always has been, attention and money is all he cares about.

[Theodarzna]

This alone is the sole thing I think might rouse action by congress and Democrats might actually work to change how the supreme court works or even end the filibuster. After all there is nothing dearer or more precious to Democrats than abortion as a legal right. Liberals may be mealy mouthed about Health Care, or Housing, or Wages, or anything like that, but abortion actually is something they do care about. They will fight tooth and nail for the one thing a good chunk of the country considers to be infanticide.

[Zan15]

Always has been, attention and money is all he cares about.

they all do this when they want access to the Right base for profit.

Can't even get Joe Rogan to admit he got vaxxed or not because....well.... attention and money. If he admits he got it he loses #'s.

This is why that restaurant said they would not serve liberals, us silly vaccinated folks....attention and money.

This is why Tom Brady would not say he was vaccinated, gotta sell those shirts get those florida customers!!!

etc etc.


Just what Elon needs to piss off the people of Texas when he needs their tax breaks and needs stupid taxpayers who are willing to subsidize his fortunes.

[Logwyn]

the state that refused to free the slaves in it's borders to where we have to mark the occasion for when they finally DID is once again living up to the old traditions of conservative authoritarianism. freedom for me and none for thee.

What do you expect from a state that fought TWICE in order to be able to keep slavery legal?

[Cthulhu 2020]

This alone is the sole thing I think might rouse action by congress and Democrats might actually work to change how the supreme court works or even end the filibuster. After all there is nothing dearer or more precious to Democrats than abortion as a legal right. Liberals may be mealy mouthed about Health Care, or Housing, or Wages, or anything like that, but abortion actually is something they do care about. They will fight tooth and nail for the one thing a good chunk of the country considers to be infanticide.

If you want to call 15-20% "a good chunk" then sure. That is no small amount of people who outright oppose all abortion. But it's certainly not enough to be considered a demographic that could ever feasibly get roe vs wade overturned. The vast majority of the country believes abortion should be legal at least in some form.

Though of course, we know that access to proper sex education, free reproductive health care, and other measures dramatically reduce abortions and unwanted teen pregnancies. If these people actually considered abortion infanticide, you'd think they'd be for reducing the need to get abortions. But no. They're the same people who believe "abstinence only" parenting to be the best way to get their daughters knocked up at 14 raise their children.

[Stormspellz]

Always has been, attention and money is all he cares about.

and becoming the corporate king of mars (musk)

[Kaleredar]

and becoming the corporate king of mars (musk)

Doesn't that just end with him being killed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in a mutant uprising?

[Cosmic Janitor]

Elon Musk is a coward.

Afrer seeing the transcripts of his solar city court hearing I'm sure he is a child and a sociopath.

[JohnBrown1917]

Afrer seeing the transcripts of his solar city court hearing I'm sure he is a child and a sociopath.

We got a few Musk fanboys here, so this will be fun.

[Shadowferal]

GOP senator on Texas abortion law: Supreme Court will 'swat it away' when 'it comes to them in an appropriate manner'

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said on Sunday that he believes the Supreme Court will "swat" away a law in Texas that effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy because the high court's ruling last week was based on standing and not on the law's constitutionality.

"The ruling on SCOTUS was that the plaintiffs did not have standing. It had nothing to do with the constitutionality of Roe v. Wade," Cassidy told ABC "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos.

[docterfreeze]

So you support a law that forces non-Christians to be held to account of a religion they don't even believe in?

Why should anyone believe you EVER supported a Jewish candidate?

being against baby killing isn't a strictly religious take

[uuuhname]

being against baby killing isn't a strictly religious take

you're right, it's a misogynist's take.

[Draco-Onis]

being against baby killing isn't a strictly religious take

Those words ring a bit hollow after the daily hand brushing of the pandemic by the right and even if you feel that way. Do you think putting $10,000 bounties on pregnant women who are the victims of rape and incest is the way to go?

[docterfreeze]

Those words ring a bit hollow after the daily hand brushing of the pandemic by the right and even if you feel that way. Do you think putting $10,000 bounties on pregnant women who are the victims of rape and incest is the way to go?

they got 6 weeks.

[s_bushido]

being against baby killing isn't a strictly religious take

These laws are almost exclusively pushed by religious fundamentalists. And if said religious fundamentalists actually believed abortions constituted "killing babies," they would pass laws that criminalized the practice accordingly. But they don't, so they don't.