After Learning This Woman Is Going To Get An Abortion, Uber Driver Stopped The Car And Left Her In The Middle Of The Road
January 22nd marked the 46th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe. v. Wade, the ruling that legalized abortion across the United States, but as we come closer to a half-century of this court decision across the nation states are passing legislation to reverse the right. Ohio passed a “heartbeat” bill in April which bans abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, becoming the third state to do so after Kentucky and Mississippi.
Abortion has become a controversial, partisan issue and while not all states will change their legislation that hasn’t stopped people from doing things on an individual level to show their position. A reddit user recently experienced just how far some people are willing to go to express their stance on the issue when she was abandoned on the side of the road by an Uber driver.
A Reddit user shared her traumatic ride to an abortion clinic where her driver left her stranded on the road
Image credits: Josie Desmarais (not the actual photo)
User molesterstall0ne a 20-year-old college student from upstate New York posted that she had found out she was pregnant but decided that she “was not in the position to take care of a child.” The only clinic that had open availability before next week was far from campus so she called an uber and set out on what would become a very traumatic trip.
For the destination, she had written the doctors name and his clinic, but for some reason the driver had suspicions. He asked if she was going to Planned Parenthood (which she was not) but he was not satisfied and pressed on.
He proceeded to tell her his own experience with his wife and how she would “regret the decision for the rest of your life.” She was stunned but kept her composure as the ride went on.
Suddenly the driver pulled over and said “I’m sorry but I can’t take you the rest of the way.” The student panicked as they were in the middle of nowhere farmland with no other Ubers for miles.
Eventually, she got ahold of her boyfriend who contacted the clinic to explain and picked her up.
People in the comments were supportive and horrified the driver left her in that situation
"I know it's none of my business... but let me force my unsolicited, bigoted beliefs and ideas of morality on you anyway by not doing the job you paid me for". I'm just glad that he hung around to see that she found a lift.
No. He wanted to get her back in the car so he could scream at her. Gestation slavers are disgusting, cruel people.
Load More Replies...WHAT? You mean "pro-life" folks don't respect a woman's right to privacy or her autonomy to make her own decisions? And they don't know how to mind their own business? And they feel morally justified in being absolute douchebags? Say it ain't so.
No, Blake. It just makes you a pervy little crotch crawler. Well....you’d know all about that, what with supporting a church full of kiddie rapists.
Load More Replies...I don't really understand this. In Germany abortions are done in regular hospitals. Do you have special hospitals only for abortions in America??
This is because the USA is very religious to the point they can rival Iran
Load More Replies...Why do people feel it's ok to make moral judgements for other people? The only people who can do that is the person faced with it. It's not anyone else's place to do that. Business people it's not your place to deny anyone service just because you disagree with their sexuality or decisions.
Perfectly said John!! These people need to define "baby." Before birth, babies are "alive" by having a beating heart. But no experiences. Yes, the baby could make experiences and everything, but if the parents are not prepared or dont want to have the child, they shouldn't have to. Its not a life if it doesn't have memories. Kinda like a vegetable....
Load More Replies...Yea, here's the deal. You picked up the fare, you have to take the person to their destination. I understand the guy may have moral objections, but that is not how to handle them.
So, if someone put in the uber app to take them to the bridge so they can jump off it, the driver is obligated to do just that?
Load More Replies...I want to give her a hug. The stigma is disgusting and horrifying.
I don't care what his reason was - you don't ditch a lone person at a gas station! I know these people only care about fertilized eggs and not the host or actual babies and children but that is very creepy behavior. >:(
This is reprehensible, women undergo abortions for many different reasons, not one time have I met a woman who made that choice lightly. He had no idea why she had made that decision, to think that him a man, who has never met her, has never and will never have to make a decision like this, just knew better? Absurd.
I know a young woman who has made the decision lightly, several times. (Adopted daughter of a good friend). She uses it as birth control because when you have BPD and make a living as a prostitute and dealer high on meth and heroin much of the time you tend to forget about birth control (among other things). Which is to say I doesn't matter if a woman makes the choice lightly (I kind of wonder how good such a person would be at pre-natal care much less child rearing) or not. It is a woman's choice, period. Full stop. End of discussion, men. But I'm essentially with you Jill, I just think we men sit down and STFU
Load More Replies...Anti-choice hypocrites need to shut the hell up unless they are willing to put their money where their loud mouths are and pay - out of their own pockets - for the food, clothes, toys, housing, medical care and education for all the children they "rescue."
Thank you! The whole "pro-life" moniker is such a load of malarkey. I would love to see real evidence that a single one of these "pro-lifers" is out there advocating just as fiercely for safe injection sites and free needle exchanges; free PrEP for everyone who wants it; abolition of capital punishment; an end to the murder of blacks by law enforcement; gun control; environmental protections to end lung cancer deaths caused by air pollution; strict consumer protections so divers and passengers no longer get killed by faulty air bags because a cortisone wants to make a buck; universal healthcare ...
Load More Replies...Some of these comments are irritating. I hope she was still able to make the right choice. Charge that man the child support if she didn’t make it. How dare he intervene like that, people saying he had the right to do that. Since when is refusing customer service acceptable because of personal opinions? These same people would raise hell if such happened to them. It’s so heartbreaking women do all the work, go through all the pain to make life and the life here on earth is being raped, human trafficked, abused, and neglected. All the innocent broken souls. Really wish the same outrage towards abortion went towards the deep web existing. You people only want kids alive to hurt them and then judge us when we become broken adults. Abortion is the right choice for any woman, any young girl, any person with a uterus because you all know how life-changing all that can be. None. Of. Anyone’s. Business. ❤️
@Bored Moogle Refusing to take someone to an appointment because of your own personal beliefs, and then also dumping them in the middle of nowhere, is nowhere near the same thing as refusing service to someone for their dangerous and offensive political beliefs.
Load More Replies...He was not asked to hold her hand. He was not asked to perform the abortion himself? How is driving, something he already does, her to a clinic is against his moral beliefs? When is it ok to provide a moral lesson to your customers? This is so f****d up and I'm so upset since the first time I read this!
Barry. Complex life if what you are mentioning. And fetuses are not advanced life. They have a heart, but thats about the only thing that defines that as alive. No memories, no developed brain. Its not murder for killing an ant, is it? The fetus is the same thing.. it is not a child. IT IS A FETUS
Load More Replies...I have sooo many problems with Uber and this is among them. I understand that Uber and Lyft often operate in places where there are no cabs and that's fine. If there are cabs available people should use them, the drivers are better, they are more closely monitored by the government, they have better insurances, and as another commenter mentioned cabbies are professionals!
NEXT TIME uber looser can call me and I will finish his job. I will support anybody who does not contribute to the reproduction of humanity !!!
Already have to deal with the already hard decision to be further judged by strangers. No uterus, no opinion. Just saying.
The ideal revenge would be to have the baby and then leave it outside his door with a note "Now what?"
Without taking this literally, I love it. The look on his face would be utterly priceless...
Load More Replies...As a kid, this one time, I talked to my mother about abortion. I was against it. She sat me down, and told me all the reasons a woman (or child) might need an abortion. And that was all it took. Common sense. Facts.
It's so common now for people to only support a persons 'right' that they themselves agree with. You have to support the ones you don't like, too. that's how 'rights' work. Good luck trying to get the ignorant to understand........
@Lucille that clump of cells has a heart. Thats it. It is not a child. it is a FETUS. A clump of skin cells, and an organ that pumps blood. so magical. No memory. No emotion. No nerves. No pain. No opinions. No senses. No awareness of it being alive. Like a stone...
Load More Replies...I'm going to enter a minefield and say that I'm prolife...HOWEVER, what that driver did to that woman is completely unacceptable. My work is my work, I keep person opinions out of it, as should everyone else.
Agreed! I am pro life as well but all of this is awful. It doesn't matter what the driver believes, of what the woman believes, the driver was completely acting out, and acting so unprofessionally. I've never had a problem with Uber or Lyft, so this actually comes as a surprise to me.
Load More Replies...The same people who shame and blame women for an abortion, are most likely the ones that do not speak about contraception. Is there a logic to find in women who had sex, fell pregnant and don't want the baby? Women shouldn't be coersed into penetration. Women, don't let men "persuade" you. Sex is NEVER without consequence. And then there's another double standard. What about pregnant animals who are slaughtered? And there are many. Many who's baby is ripped out while or after being slaughtered. Man"kind" is awful when they feel/need the power to destroy. I've never had to go through an abortion and I am so glad for it. I know someone who did and after 30 years, it hurts. What if we stop blaming the women and the abortioners but try changing the mentality. Life is precious. Respect is only natural. Also in sexual relations.
Wow, I can’t believe some of these comments. What “pro-lifers” don’t seem to understand is that they are in fact not “pro-lifers” after all, they are only “pro-Birth”. They don’t care about what happens to baby once it’s born. They don’t care that the parents didn’t want or couldn’t cope with child so end up resenting the child and not giving it the best life or neglecting. They don’t care that hundreds of thousands of children are waiting to be adopted so why not just add one more. There are more children with no families than families wanting to adopt them. There are many children in and out of care being mistreated, abused, neglected etc. What a way to grow up thinking no one loves you and not having a loving family. There are women who have been raped and have fallen pregnant, that “pro-Birth” still expect them to give birth to. The woman has gone through enough without having to have a child spawned by their rapist. Co parenting with their rapist would make a great family dynamic NOT.
Same as pregnancies from incest, co-parenting with your dad, brother, uncle etc. Pro-Birthers don’t care that the pregnancy could kill the mother, leaving behind friends and family who love them or children they already have or the fact the baby is severely disabled, disfigured or so sick it’s life will be short and in pain. Maybe all these “pro-lifers” should adopt at least one child each if they actually care about the child’s future. A child’s life does not starts and finish at the birth so you need to look at the possible consequences of being born unwanted or unable to be cared for etc. And the effect it can have on that person for the rest of their life. That is not “pro-life”.
Load More Replies..."Pro-life" shitheads are just anti women. They don't really care aboit children or anyone, when a child is born, they care is done. They don't fight against guns or don't help children in foster care. They just don't want women to have control over their bodies. Disgusting
Listen to this crazy a*****e lucille. "Why would we fight against guns?" Pretends to care about life then says she doesn't care if people die. Hypocrite.
Load More Replies...Only you should decide what happens with your body. That's it. No driver, no husband, no wife, no stranger, no friend, no family EVER gets to choose what happens to your body. If you don't want a baby, it'll be okay. Abort. Do whatever you see fit. This is your body, not anyone else's.
I have mental health problems. I can't take care of a baby when I barely can take care of myself. I think abortion is a blessing & its a shame its being taken away. I'd honestly probably end up killing myself if I couldn't abort. Like, I wouldn't know what to do.
Abortion should be always women's decision independent of the situation.
If a driver hates vaccines, can he dump you and your kids in the road on the way to the hospital?
Barry. The fetus is like a kidney stone. Its not cheating on wives, its he wants you to push out kidney stone. You dont want to, because you can easily get rid of them.
Load More Replies...The guy was representing Uber as a company. As a representative, he discriminated against the woman due to her decision. He subjected her to his own views, this was unsolicited. As a company, Uber's representative discriminated a customer. He then refused to complete the service the customer was paying for, even though he was under no threat of personal attack or injury. As a company, Uber are responsible for the behavior of their representatives. Therefore Uber has to acknowledge the discrimination against their customer by their representative, and unlawful discrimination is a crime.
I am opposed to abortion morally (my choice), but will fight with my life for the right of any & every woman to choose for herself . (We all come to our life decisions based upon our individual beliefs & the life we've lived thus far. Who am I to say what circumstances should alter another woman's choice?) NO ONE has the right to decide what is best for HER, other than HER. On my own rant: I honestly believe that men should have ABSOLUTELY no say when it comes to abortion rights. This is a highly personal choice a WOMAN must make for herself. A man cannot understand the agony many women go through in making this decision, and until they themselves can gestate, need to stay the f**k out of the debate. (AND NO, I'm not talking about that trans guy who gave birth - I don't care how you dress or how much facial hair you've grown honey, you got a pussy, you're still a girl). AND - I guarantee you: If MEN got pregnant? Abortion would never even have been a question.
I work for an actual taxi company and I would NEVER use s**t like Uber or Lyft. Taxi drivers know what they're suppose to do, they shut up and take you where you wanna go as long as you pay. That's the deal and both parties know it. Nevertheless: it was an a*****e of a thing the driver did and it's not okay that he voiced his opinion about what might happen in her uterus, and it's even less okay that he gave her an ultimatum about GTFO or come back to town with him. I wish I could have been there with her and I would make that asswipe driver shut up and drive or I'd call the cops.
Okay... is anyone else upset that the boyfriend wasn't with her in the first place? I'm gonna assume the boyfriend is the one who got her pregnant. If that's the case, his a*s should've been with her to support her. I hope she dumped him.
We don't know the circumstances, chill out. He was probably at work.
Load More Replies...Whether or not you agree with her or him, he shouldn't have stranded her in the middle of nowhere. That wasn't nice.
THAT is what the law calls “kidnapping”, “forcible confinement” (since he deliberately went the wrong way and wouldn’t let her out of the car), and they ARE NOT just ‘rude’, they’re felonies.
Load More Replies...After reading all these stories (Uber) I think I'll just keep up with my taxi cabs when I need them.
As far as I can figure out from this, the Uber driver has committed at least 3 crimes. Not the least of these is reckless endangerment, for dropping her off in the middle of nowhere. Another crime is breech of contract: he agreed to take her to the address and he did not. Third crime: false pretenses - he took her on a joyride (for him) when he could have told her immediately, while she still had a chance to call another driver, but he did not. This act, essentially, amounts to kidnapping. This is a job for criminal court and charges should be filed.
What? You asked the police? And again, its not a baby. It is a painful oversized kidney stone.
Load More Replies...Until a law is passed that prohibits men from telling women what to do with their bodies, I don't see a legal case here. I would love to kick that guy in the crotch, tell him what to do with his body and leave him stranded in the middle of nowhere. I hope he gets doxxed at least.
Yes. I will finish up what his own mother's abortion failed to do
Load More Replies...This is terrifying. Did he look up the doctor? Uber drivers just need to know the address. PERIOD.
People like that are a waste of resources. It’s too bad that we can’t quarantine them in a cold state like North Dakota.
Seems a wee bit harsh on the people in North Dakota though!
Load More Replies...What is with people anymore? This fruit cake took it upon himself to step into HER business and tell her what to do? No one has a right to tell her what she can or cannot do with her own body! Whether thdy like it or not, well that's just tuff cookies. This driver stepped way over thhe line on this one. Do she have a case against him? I really do not know. The only thing she can do is push it until finds out if she does or not. Just watch your back the next time you use an Uber again. You bever know whete yhis dipshit will be.
Of course abortions shouldn't be used as an alternative to birth control, but in certain situations they are okay. Like if having a child poses a risk to the woman's life, or if it was from rape, or even if the woman doesn't have the means to care for a child (although she should not keep having unprotected sex if this is the case). Still, none of this was his business and he had no right to overstep his boundaries
THIS is entitlement. This man decided that he knew what was better for this woman , threatened to leave her in the middle of nowhere and forced her to get off at a rural gas station when she did not comply with his desire for her to not have an abortion. There are NO words for how wrong this was.
That man is an a*****e. It is still an important heavy decision. And it is a scary day. The only thing he accomplished was being an a*s to a woman on a stressful day.
A woman does not always choose to get pregnant. They could lock themselves up to avoid raping if that’s what happened here, bc isn’t always effective, and in many cases men have lied to their partners for various bad reasons
Correct me if I’m wrong, but since I see a lot of people wondering why she had sex if she couldn’t handle pregnancy or having children, would it be possible that the pregnancy was planned but there were complications that would have resulted in her or her baby getting hurt or killed? Also it’s possible that she was raped.
Or that she was having sex for fun like a normal person and accidentally got pregnant.
Load More Replies...You are a brave and strong young woman, you did all the right things and I hope that ACLU can help you with this. Also, does NY have a discrimination agency? If so, they can handle this because this is definitely discrimination against a woman seeking to obtain medical attention. I think we should create a service like Uber or Lyft, that deals ONLY and specifically with and for women and girls who want to get abortion and health care. it would be a car service that is run by advocates, aimed at helping women and girls get rides to clinics, in a supportive environment. it would also help those who cannot afford the driving costs to go out of state, for example. it could also be like the Underground Railroad, connecting one driver in CT who could then deliver a passenger to PA, who could then drive that client to another state, if needed, thus eliminating one driver having to drive from Texas to California, for example. It could be a service that does not carry visible signage.
What the driver did was brave, and that woman did a cowardly thing. Freaking amoral morons
God have mercy on you. Seriously shame on you. Your life probably has no joy in it and you dont understand why you’re miserable. Sheesh y’all are so STUPID.
What a brave thing the driver did, y’all who are disgusted by him are murders or fans of it, and you are the disgusting ones. Grow up, seriously. Y’all care nothing about human life.
I just wish her boyfriend, parents or friend had been there to support her for the appointment.
Just a question...her boyfriend wasn't able to take her to the clinic So she had to take an Uber. But was on a phone and came when She called...that's a life partner! (Not reminding the fact that he let her to go to abortion instead of taking the responsibility)
That's a LIE! The Uber driver pulled into a gas station area; said he could give her a ride back to where he picked her up but that there was no Uber in that area. Her story says he waited with her for 15 min. but she had called her wonderful boyfriend and he said to call a cab! (BF didn't bother to drive her to Ab clinic or go with her!? WTF!). If the Uber driver feels he's being forced into an immoral event, he has every right to NOT be a part of her abortion by refusing to take her to the abortion clinic! He's well within his rights! So this 20 yr old (who apparently doesn't understand birth control) get's the Uber driver with the pregnant wife fired?! Wow! Vengeful woman! And since she can't afford a car, hey let's sue the Uber driver with morals and a pregnant wife! Some of you people are absolutely vile commenting here! She made her appointment, had her abortion and probably back to having unprotected sex with her weanie BF who couldn't be bothered with taking her to the abortion
Not well within moral rights. He discriminated on her own personal matters. BTW she never said how she got the baby so STFU and go die. Preferabley in silence
Load More Replies...What he believed is irrelevant. I'm happy he lost his job. He can be happy, too. It could have been much worse. If I had been in this woman's place he would have ended up in jail, because I wouldn't have got out of the car in the middle of nowhere. The moment he turned to go God -only-knows-where instead of my destination I would have called the police to say he was trying to kidnap me. I "truly believe" kidnapping is a crime.
Load More Replies...His job is to take people wherever they need to go dumbass
Load More Replies...Linda Takacs: You can say what you want, and I have the right to like or dislike what you say. You also have the right to put up with people's votes to your comments or delete them and go to watch FOX News or whatever you do in your free time. You can also upvote or downvote whoever you feel like. And I have the right to not give a f*ck about your opinions. It's so easy that even a person like you should be able to understand it.
Load More Replies...Problem with your analogy is that you actually can give An adopted child or puppy away without having to do much. Going trough full pregnancy other hand is big deal and sacrifice even if you don’t keep the baby. It’s painful, expensive, potentially life threateningly dangerous and will have permanent effects on health.
Load More Replies...And yet people with that sort of opinion would be the first ones making a fuss if they encountered someone who simply didn't want to have sex. People are allowed to have sex for fun, and sometimes contraception fails. I know of multiple people who came into life despite their mothers being on multiple contraceptives, including a friend of mine whose mother got pregnant with her AFTER having her tubes tied.
Load More Replies...A baby is not a present. I'm sorry for the people who can't have children, but giving a baby to an unknown person is not an option for me. I'd rather "kill" a bunch of undifferentiated cells and interrupt the whole process than give a baby to a stranger. If you think an "abortionist" regrets her decision every day, just think of the regrets of not knowing if your baby is well looked after and loved or the opposite.
Load More Replies...Yes, since the beginning of time people have been having sex because it's a natural, normal thing to do, and they like it. Let's try after thousands of years to just get people to stop, lest Josh here get upset that people abort a fetus he never would have cared about to begin with.
Load More Replies...No, because the life of the living woman is more important than a 6 week old fetus who can't think, feel, or form a thought.
Load More Replies...Agreed. And fortunately no one is forcing him to be an Uber driver and thus a common carrier. He isn't prevented from spewing his misogynistic, neanderthalic bile; he just needs another job. I mean why should this woman be punished because of this evil kidnapper's *choice* to be an Uber driver?
Load More Replies...Incomplete hypothetical, assumes facts not in evidence, argumentative, lacks foundation, yada yada ...
Load More Replies...It is not a touchy subject in the slightest. Those are your own personal views, and not the woman in question views. As a service provider, the Uber representative must be willing to carry any customer who meets the company's standards. That includes people of any ethnicity; religion; sexual preference; sexual identity; age; and even someone who has chosen to make an appointment with a qualified and legally practicing medical professional. I respect your views, but please don't try to force them upon someone else when they were not requested. The woman has asked what legal rights she may have regarding the actions of the Uber driver, not if her choice to see a doctor was "morally" correct!
Load More Replies...That’s because you’re a stupid b***h. Thank you for confirming that stupid people are stupid.
Load More Replies...No, he tried to stop a legal medical procedure from happening at the specific time this woman and her doctor agreed to it.
Load More Replies...he should have just shut the f**k up and do what he was hired to do. It's her right so he doesn't get a say in it. too many people are too stupid to know how rights work and act like they don't have to allow the ones they personally don't agree with. Veterans understand more often then the neverserved. This person is just taking up space and should be punished for oppressing a persons legal right. But in this PC weakened society 'they' have built, he will probably be rewarded for this......
Load More Replies...oh f**k you. it was a clump of cells. she's a struggling college student and couldn't afford a child.
Load More Replies...Your mother didn’t get an abortion because she didn’t want to die. In ‘57, abortion was illegal, asshat.
Load More Replies...Maybe he had a class or an appointment? Also, are you insinuating that every single human being who cannot "handle the consequences" should just not have sex? What if a person doesn't WANT a child? They should just abstain? Are you stupid?
Load More Replies...Because what someone else does is NONE of your business! Ever.
Load More Replies...You can’t strand people, even if both of you are bigots.
Load More Replies...We're saying she has a right to abortion because she does. Shame on you for trying to force your own personal beliefs on every woman in the world.
Load More Replies...I just rolled my eyes so hard they fell out the back of my head. You mean to tell me, you value the life of a 6 week old fetus MORE than the life of a living, breathing human being? You mean to tell me when a parent loses their young, living, child to a horrific, senseless shooting, it's the EXACT same as a woman choosing to end a pregnancy? That the hurt is the same? You anti-choice people will spew any lies to try and emotionally manipulate women into doing what you want. It's sickening.
Load More Replies...I disagree. He is certainly welcome to his opinion on the matter, but he was aware of the destination prior to picking her up and it's clear from the questions that he knew what the intent was before she got in the car. If he had moral dilemmas he should've just not accepted the fare. Instead he accepted, but just so he could try and talk her out of the abortion and hopefully make her late for her appointment. There are many things people do that cab drivers could have moral qualms about doing themselves. They have the right not to pick the person up, but they definitely don't have the right to pick them up, scold them for their choices, take them out of the way and drop them off where they hope the person won't be able to get to their destination just because the driver has a moral opposition. Once they accept the passenger, they've accepted the end destination.
Load More Replies...As soon as you can shove a soccer ball out your penis, you’re allowed to talk about abortion.
Load More Replies...His JOB she was paying him for was to drive her from A to B and not to judge her or her plans for after she leaves the car, or even to find out about her plans. It was her choice to get a abortion, not his. He had no right asking her about it or judging her for it. It doesn't have anything to do with him nor does it affect him in any way.
Load More Replies...So you prefer that a person be forced to endure a pregnancy and birth shes doesn't want ? Then what happens to the unwanted child ? Should it be raised by a vaguely resentful parent, struggling mentally and with money ? Or would you rather it be abandoned into care, like an unwanted kitten going to a shelter ? The issue does not end the moment a woman gives birth. It has consequences that will last for decades, and affect the life of the parent/s and the child itself. Can you imagine growing up knowing you were unwanted ? It doesn't make for a healthy life.
Load More Replies...So, the sole purpose of having sex is to procreate? @Kizito, make sure you will only have sex to have kids. Otherwise, I'll call you a s**t/manwhore, capiche?
Load More Replies..."I know it's none of my business... but let me force my unsolicited, bigoted beliefs and ideas of morality on you anyway by not doing the job you paid me for". I'm just glad that he hung around to see that she found a lift.
No. He wanted to get her back in the car so he could scream at her. Gestation slavers are disgusting, cruel people.
Load More Replies...WHAT? You mean "pro-life" folks don't respect a woman's right to privacy or her autonomy to make her own decisions? And they don't know how to mind their own business? And they feel morally justified in being absolute douchebags? Say it ain't so.
No, Blake. It just makes you a pervy little crotch crawler. Well....you’d know all about that, what with supporting a church full of kiddie rapists.
Load More Replies...I don't really understand this. In Germany abortions are done in regular hospitals. Do you have special hospitals only for abortions in America??
This is because the USA is very religious to the point they can rival Iran
Load More Replies...Why do people feel it's ok to make moral judgements for other people? The only people who can do that is the person faced with it. It's not anyone else's place to do that. Business people it's not your place to deny anyone service just because you disagree with their sexuality or decisions.
Perfectly said John!! These people need to define "baby." Before birth, babies are "alive" by having a beating heart. But no experiences. Yes, the baby could make experiences and everything, but if the parents are not prepared or dont want to have the child, they shouldn't have to. Its not a life if it doesn't have memories. Kinda like a vegetable....
Load More Replies...Yea, here's the deal. You picked up the fare, you have to take the person to their destination. I understand the guy may have moral objections, but that is not how to handle them.
So, if someone put in the uber app to take them to the bridge so they can jump off it, the driver is obligated to do just that?
Load More Replies...I want to give her a hug. The stigma is disgusting and horrifying.
I don't care what his reason was - you don't ditch a lone person at a gas station! I know these people only care about fertilized eggs and not the host or actual babies and children but that is very creepy behavior. >:(
This is reprehensible, women undergo abortions for many different reasons, not one time have I met a woman who made that choice lightly. He had no idea why she had made that decision, to think that him a man, who has never met her, has never and will never have to make a decision like this, just knew better? Absurd.
I know a young woman who has made the decision lightly, several times. (Adopted daughter of a good friend). She uses it as birth control because when you have BPD and make a living as a prostitute and dealer high on meth and heroin much of the time you tend to forget about birth control (among other things). Which is to say I doesn't matter if a woman makes the choice lightly (I kind of wonder how good such a person would be at pre-natal care much less child rearing) or not. It is a woman's choice, period. Full stop. End of discussion, men. But I'm essentially with you Jill, I just think we men sit down and STFU
Load More Replies...Anti-choice hypocrites need to shut the hell up unless they are willing to put their money where their loud mouths are and pay - out of their own pockets - for the food, clothes, toys, housing, medical care and education for all the children they "rescue."
Thank you! The whole "pro-life" moniker is such a load of malarkey. I would love to see real evidence that a single one of these "pro-lifers" is out there advocating just as fiercely for safe injection sites and free needle exchanges; free PrEP for everyone who wants it; abolition of capital punishment; an end to the murder of blacks by law enforcement; gun control; environmental protections to end lung cancer deaths caused by air pollution; strict consumer protections so divers and passengers no longer get killed by faulty air bags because a cortisone wants to make a buck; universal healthcare ...
Load More Replies...Some of these comments are irritating. I hope she was still able to make the right choice. Charge that man the child support if she didn’t make it. How dare he intervene like that, people saying he had the right to do that. Since when is refusing customer service acceptable because of personal opinions? These same people would raise hell if such happened to them. It’s so heartbreaking women do all the work, go through all the pain to make life and the life here on earth is being raped, human trafficked, abused, and neglected. All the innocent broken souls. Really wish the same outrage towards abortion went towards the deep web existing. You people only want kids alive to hurt them and then judge us when we become broken adults. Abortion is the right choice for any woman, any young girl, any person with a uterus because you all know how life-changing all that can be. None. Of. Anyone’s. Business. ❤️
@Bored Moogle Refusing to take someone to an appointment because of your own personal beliefs, and then also dumping them in the middle of nowhere, is nowhere near the same thing as refusing service to someone for their dangerous and offensive political beliefs.
Load More Replies...He was not asked to hold her hand. He was not asked to perform the abortion himself? How is driving, something he already does, her to a clinic is against his moral beliefs? When is it ok to provide a moral lesson to your customers? This is so f****d up and I'm so upset since the first time I read this!
Barry. Complex life if what you are mentioning. And fetuses are not advanced life. They have a heart, but thats about the only thing that defines that as alive. No memories, no developed brain. Its not murder for killing an ant, is it? The fetus is the same thing.. it is not a child. IT IS A FETUS
Load More Replies...I have sooo many problems with Uber and this is among them. I understand that Uber and Lyft often operate in places where there are no cabs and that's fine. If there are cabs available people should use them, the drivers are better, they are more closely monitored by the government, they have better insurances, and as another commenter mentioned cabbies are professionals!
NEXT TIME uber looser can call me and I will finish his job. I will support anybody who does not contribute to the reproduction of humanity !!!
Already have to deal with the already hard decision to be further judged by strangers. No uterus, no opinion. Just saying.
The ideal revenge would be to have the baby and then leave it outside his door with a note "Now what?"
Without taking this literally, I love it. The look on his face would be utterly priceless...
Load More Replies...As a kid, this one time, I talked to my mother about abortion. I was against it. She sat me down, and told me all the reasons a woman (or child) might need an abortion. And that was all it took. Common sense. Facts.
It's so common now for people to only support a persons 'right' that they themselves agree with. You have to support the ones you don't like, too. that's how 'rights' work. Good luck trying to get the ignorant to understand........
@Lucille that clump of cells has a heart. Thats it. It is not a child. it is a FETUS. A clump of skin cells, and an organ that pumps blood. so magical. No memory. No emotion. No nerves. No pain. No opinions. No senses. No awareness of it being alive. Like a stone...
Load More Replies...I'm going to enter a minefield and say that I'm prolife...HOWEVER, what that driver did to that woman is completely unacceptable. My work is my work, I keep person opinions out of it, as should everyone else.
Agreed! I am pro life as well but all of this is awful. It doesn't matter what the driver believes, of what the woman believes, the driver was completely acting out, and acting so unprofessionally. I've never had a problem with Uber or Lyft, so this actually comes as a surprise to me.
Load More Replies...The same people who shame and blame women for an abortion, are most likely the ones that do not speak about contraception. Is there a logic to find in women who had sex, fell pregnant and don't want the baby? Women shouldn't be coersed into penetration. Women, don't let men "persuade" you. Sex is NEVER without consequence. And then there's another double standard. What about pregnant animals who are slaughtered? And there are many. Many who's baby is ripped out while or after being slaughtered. Man"kind" is awful when they feel/need the power to destroy. I've never had to go through an abortion and I am so glad for it. I know someone who did and after 30 years, it hurts. What if we stop blaming the women and the abortioners but try changing the mentality. Life is precious. Respect is only natural. Also in sexual relations.
Wow, I can’t believe some of these comments. What “pro-lifers” don’t seem to understand is that they are in fact not “pro-lifers” after all, they are only “pro-Birth”. They don’t care about what happens to baby once it’s born. They don’t care that the parents didn’t want or couldn’t cope with child so end up resenting the child and not giving it the best life or neglecting. They don’t care that hundreds of thousands of children are waiting to be adopted so why not just add one more. There are more children with no families than families wanting to adopt them. There are many children in and out of care being mistreated, abused, neglected etc. What a way to grow up thinking no one loves you and not having a loving family. There are women who have been raped and have fallen pregnant, that “pro-Birth” still expect them to give birth to. The woman has gone through enough without having to have a child spawned by their rapist. Co parenting with their rapist would make a great family dynamic NOT.
Same as pregnancies from incest, co-parenting with your dad, brother, uncle etc. Pro-Birthers don’t care that the pregnancy could kill the mother, leaving behind friends and family who love them or children they already have or the fact the baby is severely disabled, disfigured or so sick it’s life will be short and in pain. Maybe all these “pro-lifers” should adopt at least one child each if they actually care about the child’s future. A child’s life does not starts and finish at the birth so you need to look at the possible consequences of being born unwanted or unable to be cared for etc. And the effect it can have on that person for the rest of their life. That is not “pro-life”.
Load More Replies..."Pro-life" shitheads are just anti women. They don't really care aboit children or anyone, when a child is born, they care is done. They don't fight against guns or don't help children in foster care. They just don't want women to have control over their bodies. Disgusting
Listen to this crazy a*****e lucille. "Why would we fight against guns?" Pretends to care about life then says she doesn't care if people die. Hypocrite.
Load More Replies...Only you should decide what happens with your body. That's it. No driver, no husband, no wife, no stranger, no friend, no family EVER gets to choose what happens to your body. If you don't want a baby, it'll be okay. Abort. Do whatever you see fit. This is your body, not anyone else's.
I have mental health problems. I can't take care of a baby when I barely can take care of myself. I think abortion is a blessing & its a shame its being taken away. I'd honestly probably end up killing myself if I couldn't abort. Like, I wouldn't know what to do.
Abortion should be always women's decision independent of the situation.
If a driver hates vaccines, can he dump you and your kids in the road on the way to the hospital?
Barry. The fetus is like a kidney stone. Its not cheating on wives, its he wants you to push out kidney stone. You dont want to, because you can easily get rid of them.
Load More Replies...The guy was representing Uber as a company. As a representative, he discriminated against the woman due to her decision. He subjected her to his own views, this was unsolicited. As a company, Uber's representative discriminated a customer. He then refused to complete the service the customer was paying for, even though he was under no threat of personal attack or injury. As a company, Uber are responsible for the behavior of their representatives. Therefore Uber has to acknowledge the discrimination against their customer by their representative, and unlawful discrimination is a crime.
I am opposed to abortion morally (my choice), but will fight with my life for the right of any & every woman to choose for herself . (We all come to our life decisions based upon our individual beliefs & the life we've lived thus far. Who am I to say what circumstances should alter another woman's choice?) NO ONE has the right to decide what is best for HER, other than HER. On my own rant: I honestly believe that men should have ABSOLUTELY no say when it comes to abortion rights. This is a highly personal choice a WOMAN must make for herself. A man cannot understand the agony many women go through in making this decision, and until they themselves can gestate, need to stay the f**k out of the debate. (AND NO, I'm not talking about that trans guy who gave birth - I don't care how you dress or how much facial hair you've grown honey, you got a pussy, you're still a girl). AND - I guarantee you: If MEN got pregnant? Abortion would never even have been a question.
I work for an actual taxi company and I would NEVER use s**t like Uber or Lyft. Taxi drivers know what they're suppose to do, they shut up and take you where you wanna go as long as you pay. That's the deal and both parties know it. Nevertheless: it was an a*****e of a thing the driver did and it's not okay that he voiced his opinion about what might happen in her uterus, and it's even less okay that he gave her an ultimatum about GTFO or come back to town with him. I wish I could have been there with her and I would make that asswipe driver shut up and drive or I'd call the cops.
Okay... is anyone else upset that the boyfriend wasn't with her in the first place? I'm gonna assume the boyfriend is the one who got her pregnant. If that's the case, his a*s should've been with her to support her. I hope she dumped him.
We don't know the circumstances, chill out. He was probably at work.
Load More Replies...Whether or not you agree with her or him, he shouldn't have stranded her in the middle of nowhere. That wasn't nice.
THAT is what the law calls “kidnapping”, “forcible confinement” (since he deliberately went the wrong way and wouldn’t let her out of the car), and they ARE NOT just ‘rude’, they’re felonies.
Load More Replies...After reading all these stories (Uber) I think I'll just keep up with my taxi cabs when I need them.
As far as I can figure out from this, the Uber driver has committed at least 3 crimes. Not the least of these is reckless endangerment, for dropping her off in the middle of nowhere. Another crime is breech of contract: he agreed to take her to the address and he did not. Third crime: false pretenses - he took her on a joyride (for him) when he could have told her immediately, while she still had a chance to call another driver, but he did not. This act, essentially, amounts to kidnapping. This is a job for criminal court and charges should be filed.
What? You asked the police? And again, its not a baby. It is a painful oversized kidney stone.
Load More Replies...Until a law is passed that prohibits men from telling women what to do with their bodies, I don't see a legal case here. I would love to kick that guy in the crotch, tell him what to do with his body and leave him stranded in the middle of nowhere. I hope he gets doxxed at least.
Yes. I will finish up what his own mother's abortion failed to do
Load More Replies...This is terrifying. Did he look up the doctor? Uber drivers just need to know the address. PERIOD.
People like that are a waste of resources. It’s too bad that we can’t quarantine them in a cold state like North Dakota.
Seems a wee bit harsh on the people in North Dakota though!
Load More Replies...What is with people anymore? This fruit cake took it upon himself to step into HER business and tell her what to do? No one has a right to tell her what she can or cannot do with her own body! Whether thdy like it or not, well that's just tuff cookies. This driver stepped way over thhe line on this one. Do she have a case against him? I really do not know. The only thing she can do is push it until finds out if she does or not. Just watch your back the next time you use an Uber again. You bever know whete yhis dipshit will be.
Of course abortions shouldn't be used as an alternative to birth control, but in certain situations they are okay. Like if having a child poses a risk to the woman's life, or if it was from rape, or even if the woman doesn't have the means to care for a child (although she should not keep having unprotected sex if this is the case). Still, none of this was his business and he had no right to overstep his boundaries
THIS is entitlement. This man decided that he knew what was better for this woman , threatened to leave her in the middle of nowhere and forced her to get off at a rural gas station when she did not comply with his desire for her to not have an abortion. There are NO words for how wrong this was.
That man is an a*****e. It is still an important heavy decision. And it is a scary day. The only thing he accomplished was being an a*s to a woman on a stressful day.
A woman does not always choose to get pregnant. They could lock themselves up to avoid raping if that’s what happened here, bc isn’t always effective, and in many cases men have lied to their partners for various bad reasons
Correct me if I’m wrong, but since I see a lot of people wondering why she had sex if she couldn’t handle pregnancy or having children, would it be possible that the pregnancy was planned but there were complications that would have resulted in her or her baby getting hurt or killed? Also it’s possible that she was raped.
Or that she was having sex for fun like a normal person and accidentally got pregnant.
Load More Replies...You are a brave and strong young woman, you did all the right things and I hope that ACLU can help you with this. Also, does NY have a discrimination agency? If so, they can handle this because this is definitely discrimination against a woman seeking to obtain medical attention. I think we should create a service like Uber or Lyft, that deals ONLY and specifically with and for women and girls who want to get abortion and health care. it would be a car service that is run by advocates, aimed at helping women and girls get rides to clinics, in a supportive environment. it would also help those who cannot afford the driving costs to go out of state, for example. it could also be like the Underground Railroad, connecting one driver in CT who could then deliver a passenger to PA, who could then drive that client to another state, if needed, thus eliminating one driver having to drive from Texas to California, for example. It could be a service that does not carry visible signage.
What the driver did was brave, and that woman did a cowardly thing. Freaking amoral morons
God have mercy on you. Seriously shame on you. Your life probably has no joy in it and you dont understand why you’re miserable. Sheesh y’all are so STUPID.
What a brave thing the driver did, y’all who are disgusted by him are murders or fans of it, and you are the disgusting ones. Grow up, seriously. Y’all care nothing about human life.
I just wish her boyfriend, parents or friend had been there to support her for the appointment.
Just a question...her boyfriend wasn't able to take her to the clinic So she had to take an Uber. But was on a phone and came when She called...that's a life partner! (Not reminding the fact that he let her to go to abortion instead of taking the responsibility)
That's a LIE! The Uber driver pulled into a gas station area; said he could give her a ride back to where he picked her up but that there was no Uber in that area. Her story says he waited with her for 15 min. but she had called her wonderful boyfriend and he said to call a cab! (BF didn't bother to drive her to Ab clinic or go with her!? WTF!). If the Uber driver feels he's being forced into an immoral event, he has every right to NOT be a part of her abortion by refusing to take her to the abortion clinic! He's well within his rights! So this 20 yr old (who apparently doesn't understand birth control) get's the Uber driver with the pregnant wife fired?! Wow! Vengeful woman! And since she can't afford a car, hey let's sue the Uber driver with morals and a pregnant wife! Some of you people are absolutely vile commenting here! She made her appointment, had her abortion and probably back to having unprotected sex with her weanie BF who couldn't be bothered with taking her to the abortion
Not well within moral rights. He discriminated on her own personal matters. BTW she never said how she got the baby so STFU and go die. Preferabley in silence
Load More Replies...What he believed is irrelevant. I'm happy he lost his job. He can be happy, too. It could have been much worse. If I had been in this woman's place he would have ended up in jail, because I wouldn't have got out of the car in the middle of nowhere. The moment he turned to go God -only-knows-where instead of my destination I would have called the police to say he was trying to kidnap me. I "truly believe" kidnapping is a crime.
Load More Replies...His job is to take people wherever they need to go dumbass
Load More Replies...Linda Takacs: You can say what you want, and I have the right to like or dislike what you say. You also have the right to put up with people's votes to your comments or delete them and go to watch FOX News or whatever you do in your free time. You can also upvote or downvote whoever you feel like. And I have the right to not give a f*ck about your opinions. It's so easy that even a person like you should be able to understand it.
Load More Replies...Problem with your analogy is that you actually can give An adopted child or puppy away without having to do much. Going trough full pregnancy other hand is big deal and sacrifice even if you don’t keep the baby. It’s painful, expensive, potentially life threateningly dangerous and will have permanent effects on health.
Load More Replies...And yet people with that sort of opinion would be the first ones making a fuss if they encountered someone who simply didn't want to have sex. People are allowed to have sex for fun, and sometimes contraception fails. I know of multiple people who came into life despite their mothers being on multiple contraceptives, including a friend of mine whose mother got pregnant with her AFTER having her tubes tied.
Load More Replies...A baby is not a present. I'm sorry for the people who can't have children, but giving a baby to an unknown person is not an option for me. I'd rather "kill" a bunch of undifferentiated cells and interrupt the whole process than give a baby to a stranger. If you think an "abortionist" regrets her decision every day, just think of the regrets of not knowing if your baby is well looked after and loved or the opposite.
Load More Replies...Yes, since the beginning of time people have been having sex because it's a natural, normal thing to do, and they like it. Let's try after thousands of years to just get people to stop, lest Josh here get upset that people abort a fetus he never would have cared about to begin with.
Load More Replies...No, because the life of the living woman is more important than a 6 week old fetus who can't think, feel, or form a thought.
Load More Replies...Agreed. And fortunately no one is forcing him to be an Uber driver and thus a common carrier. He isn't prevented from spewing his misogynistic, neanderthalic bile; he just needs another job. I mean why should this woman be punished because of this evil kidnapper's *choice* to be an Uber driver?
Load More Replies...Incomplete hypothetical, assumes facts not in evidence, argumentative, lacks foundation, yada yada ...
Load More Replies...It is not a touchy subject in the slightest. Those are your own personal views, and not the woman in question views. As a service provider, the Uber representative must be willing to carry any customer who meets the company's standards. That includes people of any ethnicity; religion; sexual preference; sexual identity; age; and even someone who has chosen to make an appointment with a qualified and legally practicing medical professional. I respect your views, but please don't try to force them upon someone else when they were not requested. The woman has asked what legal rights she may have regarding the actions of the Uber driver, not if her choice to see a doctor was "morally" correct!
Load More Replies...That’s because you’re a stupid b***h. Thank you for confirming that stupid people are stupid.
Load More Replies...No, he tried to stop a legal medical procedure from happening at the specific time this woman and her doctor agreed to it.
Load More Replies...he should have just shut the f**k up and do what he was hired to do. It's her right so he doesn't get a say in it. too many people are too stupid to know how rights work and act like they don't have to allow the ones they personally don't agree with. Veterans understand more often then the neverserved. This person is just taking up space and should be punished for oppressing a persons legal right. But in this PC weakened society 'they' have built, he will probably be rewarded for this......
Load More Replies...oh f**k you. it was a clump of cells. she's a struggling college student and couldn't afford a child.
Load More Replies...Your mother didn’t get an abortion because she didn’t want to die. In ‘57, abortion was illegal, asshat.
Load More Replies...Maybe he had a class or an appointment? Also, are you insinuating that every single human being who cannot "handle the consequences" should just not have sex? What if a person doesn't WANT a child? They should just abstain? Are you stupid?
Load More Replies...Because what someone else does is NONE of your business! Ever.
Load More Replies...You can’t strand people, even if both of you are bigots.
Load More Replies...We're saying she has a right to abortion because she does. Shame on you for trying to force your own personal beliefs on every woman in the world.
Load More Replies...I just rolled my eyes so hard they fell out the back of my head. You mean to tell me, you value the life of a 6 week old fetus MORE than the life of a living, breathing human being? You mean to tell me when a parent loses their young, living, child to a horrific, senseless shooting, it's the EXACT same as a woman choosing to end a pregnancy? That the hurt is the same? You anti-choice people will spew any lies to try and emotionally manipulate women into doing what you want. It's sickening.
Load More Replies...I disagree. He is certainly welcome to his opinion on the matter, but he was aware of the destination prior to picking her up and it's clear from the questions that he knew what the intent was before she got in the car. If he had moral dilemmas he should've just not accepted the fare. Instead he accepted, but just so he could try and talk her out of the abortion and hopefully make her late for her appointment. There are many things people do that cab drivers could have moral qualms about doing themselves. They have the right not to pick the person up, but they definitely don't have the right to pick them up, scold them for their choices, take them out of the way and drop them off where they hope the person won't be able to get to their destination just because the driver has a moral opposition. Once they accept the passenger, they've accepted the end destination.
Load More Replies...As soon as you can shove a soccer ball out your penis, you’re allowed to talk about abortion.
Load More Replies...His JOB she was paying him for was to drive her from A to B and not to judge her or her plans for after she leaves the car, or even to find out about her plans. It was her choice to get a abortion, not his. He had no right asking her about it or judging her for it. It doesn't have anything to do with him nor does it affect him in any way.
Load More Replies...So you prefer that a person be forced to endure a pregnancy and birth shes doesn't want ? Then what happens to the unwanted child ? Should it be raised by a vaguely resentful parent, struggling mentally and with money ? Or would you rather it be abandoned into care, like an unwanted kitten going to a shelter ? The issue does not end the moment a woman gives birth. It has consequences that will last for decades, and affect the life of the parent/s and the child itself. Can you imagine growing up knowing you were unwanted ? It doesn't make for a healthy life.
Load More Replies...So, the sole purpose of having sex is to procreate? @Kizito, make sure you will only have sex to have kids. Otherwise, I'll call you a s**t/manwhore, capiche?
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