Under the new Texas Restricted Abortion Act, rideshare drivers could face $10,000 fines for transporting women to abortion clinics.
Lyft announced Friday it would cover legal fees for drivers on the platform who are sued under the Texas Restricted Abortion Act that went into effect this week. The new law prohibits most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and certain people who aid women seeking an abortion after that time period could be fined $10,000. Parents may not be sued under the law, but doctors, clinic workers and rideshare drivers transporting women to clinics for abortions could face fines. « 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 company statement released Friday. « Similarly, riders never have to justify, or even share, where they are going and why.
