Lyft will cover the legal fees of the drivers demanded under the state of the recently enacted SB8 abortion law of Texas, the company announced on Friday. The law prohibits women by ending a pregnancy after six weeks. That is a time frame before you know more than they are pregnant. Critically, SB8 also allows private citizens to sue anyone who attends a pregnant woman trying to lack the prohibition, including Rideshare drivers facing the $ 10,000 fines perspective.

“This law is incompatible with the basic rights of persons to privacy, our community guidelines, the spirit of Rideshare and our values ​​as a company,” Lyft said in a blog post. In response to SB8, the company is establishing a Legal Defense Fund that says it will cover 100 percent of the legal fees incurred by its drivers. It is also donating $ 1 million to plan paternity.

“This is an attack on women’s access to medical care and on their right to choose,” said CEO of Lyft and co-founder Logan Green on Twitter in which he also called other companies to offer the same support. Uber CEO, Dara Khosrowshah, answered about 30 minutes later, announcing Uber would follow him. “The Uber team is also found and will cover legal rates in the same way,” Khosrowshahi said. “Thanks for the thrust.” The movement comes after the Supreme Court of the USA. UU formally denies a request earlier in the week of abortion clinics in the state to freeze the law.