Lyft, Uber to cover legal fees for drivers sued under Texas' new abortion law

Two ride-sharing companies person announced that they would screen drivers' ineligible fees if they are sued nether Texas’ caller termination law.

Lyft and Uber said connected Friday that they would screen the ineligible fees of their drivers if they are sued for driving idiosyncratic to a session to get an abortion.

The caller law, which went into effect connected Wednesday, bans anyone from getting an termination aft six weeks of pregnancy, a clip play that galore women don't cognize if they’re pregnant.

Under the caller law, patients won't beryllium sued, but those who assistance the diligent successful immoderate mode of obtaining the procedure, paying for it, oregon transporting them determination could look a imaginable $10,000 fine.

“Drivers are ne'er liable for monitoring wherever their riders spell oregon why," Lyft said successful a statement. "Imagine being a operator and not knowing if you are breaking the instrumentality by giving idiosyncratic a ride.”

Shortly aft Lyft's announcement, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said successful a tweet that the institution would besides bash the same.

"Drivers shouldn’t beryllium enactment astatine hazard for getting radical wherever they privation to go," Khosrowshahi said. "Team Uber is successful excessively and volition screen ineligible fees successful the aforesaid way."

News of Lyft and Uber's plans comes aft Texas-based dating app institution Bumble, and Match CEO Shar Dubey announced Thursday that they each were mounting up alleviation funds.