Bumble's Texas Exodus: One-Third Workforce Leaves Post-Abortion Law (1 Viewer)

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    In a significant workforce upheaval, dating app company Bumble has witnessed a departure of one-third of its Texas-based employees following the enactment of Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act. This stark revelation was shared by Bumble’s Interim General Counsel, Elizabeth Monteleone, during a panel at the SXSW conference in Austin. The panel, titled “Healthcare Crisis in Post-Roe America,” delved into the repercussions of the restrictive abortion law from both medical and business perspectives.
    Bumble, a company that has carved out its identity by promoting female empowerment in the online dating arena, has been at the forefront of the business world’s reaction to the Texas abortion law. Their stance was solidified when they became the first business to join an amicus brief in support of Zurawski v. State of Texas, a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights challenging the restrictive legislation. The brief, co-signed by businesses across Texas, including competitor Match Group and event organizer SXSW, emphasized the law’s daunting impact on businesses and their efforts to attract and retain talent.


    This is what I said would happen when Roe V. Wade was overturned.

    Not only will people be leaving Texas, employers will have an extremely hard time recruiting people to go to Texas to work. We all know the education systems in red states are very subpar so they have to recruit people from blue states to go there to work. Texas doesn't produce well educated people for a good work force.

    Now, Texas won't even be able to recruit people to work there.

    Not just work.

    It's education too. People aren't going to go there to go to college. The colleges will lose those higher out of state tuitions so those in state will have to pay more for a college education.

    Texas will lose seats in congress due to losing population. They will also lose federal money. Blue states will gain seats and federal money.

    Sane women aren't going to go to a state that will force her to give birth to a rapist's child. No sane woman is going to go to a state that will force her to die or nearly die and lose her fertility if her pregnancy goes wrong. It's just not going to happen.

    It used to be extremely rare to see a license plate from Texas in my state. Now, it's an everyday occurrence. I look to see who is driving those cars. It's all young people. Same with Florida. Same with Indiana to a lessor extent.

    It's going to get even worse as time goes on. Add the loss of body autonomy to the fact that it's becoming expensive to live in red states like Texas. Property taxes have gone through the roof. Insurance on homes is going through the roof. That's on top of extremely high electric costs and climate change causing massive wildfires either burning down millions of acres of land or hurricanes flooding and destroying property.

    It's only going to get worse for red states and they are causing their own problems.
     
    In a significant workforce upheaval, dating app company Bumble has witnessed a departure of one-third of its Texas-based employees following the enactment of Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act. This stark revelation was shared by Bumble’s Interim General Counsel, Elizabeth Monteleone, during a panel at the SXSW conference in Austin. The panel, titled “Healthcare Crisis in Post-Roe America,” delved into the repercussions of the restrictive abortion law from both medical and business perspectives.
    Bumble, a company that has carved out its identity by promoting female empowerment in the online dating arena, has been at the forefront of the business world’s reaction to the Texas abortion law. Their stance was solidified when they became the first business to join an amicus brief in support of Zurawski v. State of Texas, a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights challenging the restrictive legislation. The brief, co-signed by businesses across Texas, including competitor Match Group and event organizer SXSW, emphasized the law’s daunting impact on businesses and their efforts to attract and retain talent.


    This is what I said would happen when Roe V. Wade was overturned.

    Not only will people be leaving Texas, employers will have an extremely hard time recruiting people to go to Texas to work. We all know the education systems in red states are very subpar so they have to recruit people from blue states to go there to work. Texas doesn't produce well educated people for a good work force.

    Now, Texas won't even be able to recruit people to work there.

    Not just work.

    It's education too. People aren't going to go there to go to college. The colleges will lose those higher out of state tuitions so those in state will have to pay more for a college education.

    Texas will lose seats in congress due to losing population. They will also lose federal money. Blue states will gain seats and federal money.

    Sane women aren't going to go to a state that will force her to give birth to a rapist's child. No sane woman is going to go to a state that will force her to die or nearly die and lose her fertility if her pregnancy goes wrong. It's just not going to happen.

    It used to be extremely rare to see a license plate from Texas in my state. Now, it's an everyday occurrence. I look to see who is driving those cars. It's all young people. Same with Florida. Same with Indiana to a lessor extent.

    It's going to get even worse as time goes on. Add the loss of body autonomy to the fact that it's becoming expensive to live in red states like Texas. Property taxes have gone through the roof. Insurance on homes is going through the roof. That's on top of extremely high electric costs and climate change causing massive wildfires either burning down millions of acres of land or hurricanes flooding and destroying property.

    It's only going to get worse for red states and they are causing their own problems.
    It's on purpose.

    Those seats won't be reapportioned until 2030. By then, if the GOP has it's way, voting won't matter.
    In the meantime, Texas gets redder, no longer in play for President or Senate.
    Same for Florida and the other red states.
    If they could, they'd pack up every Democratic voter and yeet 'em to California en masse.
     
    It's on purpose.

    Those seats won't be reapportioned until 2030. By then, if the GOP has it's way, voting won't matter.
    In the meantime, Texas gets redder, no longer in play for President or Senate.
    Same for Florida and the other red states.
    If they could, they'd pack up every Democratic voter and yeet 'em to California en masse.


    It all depends on who wins this election in November.

    If trump wins, there's no more honest elections. We will have elections like russia.

    However, 2030 isn't that far away and by then, red states will have been gutted leaving lower populations. Which will mean they lose seats and money.

    We will have to wait and see how the election in November turns out.
     
    It all depends on who wins this election in November.

    If trump wins, there's no more honest elections. We will have elections like russia.

    However, 2030 isn't that far away and by then, red states will have been gutted leaving lower populations. Which will mean they lose seats and money.

    We will have to wait and see how the election in November turns out.
    So long as the State legislatures remain red, this SCOTUS will let them do whatever the hell they want. Just look at what Texas is doing right now with a Dem President and Senate.

    All the GOP needs is one out of three...House, Senate or President.
    Remember, they don't want to govern. They don't want to enact laws or do anything but cut taxes on the rich, deregulate everything in sight and prevent any Democrat from claiming a 'win'.

    By punting Dems, the keep control at the state level and likely control the Senate, so who gives a shirt about the House and Presidency?
     
    So long as the State legislatures remain red, this SCOTUS will let them do whatever the hell they want. Just look at what Texas is doing right now with a Dem President and Senate.

    All the GOP needs is one out of three...House, Senate or President.
    Remember, they don't want to govern. They don't want to enact laws or do anything but cut taxes on the rich, deregulate everything in sight and prevent any Democrat from claiming a 'win'.

    By punting Dems, the keep control at the state level and likely control the Senate, so who gives a shirt about the House and Presidency?


    We can't stop people from moving. I don't blame people for moving from those states.

    And yes it will keep the state congress red and well ensure that only republicans are sent to DC from those states. That won't harm the House much but it will the senate.

    I'm glad I live in a blue state.

    I don't know what the solution is but I do know that conservative economic and social policy is destroying our nation.
     

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