Sept 2 Reuters - Tinder owner Match Group's Chief Executive Officer and rival dating platform Bumble are setting up funds to help TX based employees seeking abortion care outside of Texas following its strict new law.
The state's ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy took effect early Wednesday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court did not act on an emergency request by abortion rights groups to block the law enabling the ban.
The fund will assist all Texas-based employees impacted by the legislation and their dependents, and cover additional costs incurred, Match CEO Shar Dubey said in an internal memo on Wednesday.
The company generally is not interested in taking political positions unless it is relevant to our business operations. But in this instance, I personally, as a woman in Texas, could not keep silent Dubey in the memo.
The Dallas-based Match, which owns a flock of dating apps, including Hinge and OkCupid, declined to comment beyond the CEO's memo.
Bumble said on Wednesday in a tweet https: twitter.com bumble status 1433195884435681287 that the fund would support people seeking abortion in Austin, Texas.
Bumble is a women-led and women-founded, and from the very first moment we stood up for women.