Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. said they would cover the legal costs of drivers in Texas who might be sued for ferrying women to abortion clinics.

Lyft’s Chief Executive Officer Logan Green tweeted the decision on Friday, saying the Texas law that bars abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy “threatens to punish drivers for getting people where they need to go—especially women exercising their right to choose.”

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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