Yelp, Levi's, Lyft and Tinder tell SCOTUS: Idaho abortion laws are bad for business

[In It to Win It]

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/04/yelp-levis-lyft-and-tinder-tell-scotus-idaho-abortion-laws-are-bad-for-business/

Some surprising voices have joined the chorus of legal experts, physicians and activists weighing in on Idaho’s abortion ban: Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Match.

The dating apps and several other high-profile businesses and national chamber of commerce organizations in a joint amicus brief urged the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret federal law to provide an emergency exception to Idaho’s abortion ban, and argued that the state’s strict abortion laws are bad for businesses and have already cost Idaho millions in economic losses.

The businesses join dozens of advocacy groups and medical and legal experts who have submitted amicus briefs to the court, which will hear arguments later this month to determine whether the federal Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) supercedes Idaho’s abortion ban. While most briefs argue on moral, religious, legal or medical grounds, the 10 business entities — which include the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Lyft ridesharing, Levi Strauss, Yelp and various dating apps — focused instead on economics.

The brief cited a January study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research that, prior to the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022, estimated the economic impact of abortion restrictions in Idaho at about $1.2 billion per year on average. Idaho was among the top 10 states with the highest economic losses, the study found. It analyzed state abortion laws like mandatory pre-abortion counseling and waiting periods, both of which Idaho had.

Idaho passed its most stringent abortion law, called the Defense of Life Act, in 2020 with a “trigger” that would allow it to go into effect as soon as states regained authority over abortion laws, as they did in 2022. The amicus brief said the state can expect even more economic losses now that more stringent abortion laws are in place.

[tirebiter]

1. Give election bucks to Democrats.

Help elect some someones who are good for your business. Simple

[Skittles]

2. repukes don't care about women, but they always care about money

yes indeed

[littlemissmartypants]

6. A truly disgusting slant on the issue. ❤️

[TheBlackAdder]

8. It looks like their stupidity hasn't caught up with their actions, but by the time it does, look out!

Impact Analysis on Birth: Cost per child & can states handle adding tens of thousands per year?

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216651288


Is this a truly sustainable position?


A very basic and unscientific SWAG seems to indicate that just adding 10K births every year will bankrupt states.

And with the 800 hundred thousand abortions performed each year in the USA, this cost number will be higher.


I hope these Fiscal Conservatives enjoy paying taxes.



Driving those RED States into further economic collapse as each extra child adds $180K to over $320K in costs

You can't put a price on life, actually you can. Every extra birth, above the stasis drives up taxes.

Between education, childcare, medical costs, food supplements, those who can afford to get abortions will, which places the lion's share of births on lower-income families that will have a higher demand for public assistance.


All of those tax-saving fiscal conservatives will do is drive up their local and state property taxes and put their hand out for more federal socialism. Rick Perry tried this shit years ago and in less than one year over 7,000 extra births resulted. It was so bad, he abandoned it. Imagine the simple compounding of just 10,000 extra births each and every year at a cost of $320K per kid over 18 years. This applies to average states, not low-education states like Idaho that pay around $8K per child for education and produce equally poor performers. Florida spends roughly $11K/year on primary education. This does not include supplemental services.


Example: 10K kids per year for 18 years will add over $2.3 Billion to Florida state tax requirements. Other states, the ones who educate their children better, will raise this to upwards of $3.2 Billion per 10,000 students.


Year 1) 10000 x $12,000/year (birthing, food, heat, utilities, medical costs, daycare, etc.) = $120,000,000 increased taxes
Year 2) Now 20,000 x $13,000/year = $260M
Year 3) Now 30,000 x 13,000/year = $390M
Year 4) $360M + (10000 x $13000/year) (as education starts to kick in) = $390M + $130M = $520M
Continue compounding $130M each year until the oldest kids become emancipated.

And the above example is in 2023 numbers, not adjusted for costs and inflation.


Now, the problem is that no one seems to mention this. I don't know if it's a taboo subject to actually state that life does cost, but one thing is certain, Republicans don't care about the impact to the woman. This argument does not convince them at all. Just demand a financial impact analysis on this subject. Florida will be forced to cut education costs further, driving down the quality even further than where they currently are.

The only way to get to Republicans is to state what it will cost to them and their own families.

If 80K extra births result from this, just take the above numbers and multiple by 8.

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[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. ...and women taking their medical business to other states...that will hurt

[Traurigkeit]

9. Leaving the State would be the killer.

Divide what was Idaho into the butting states and the Flag will re issued with 49 Stars

[Cha]

4. Ya think

[Warpy]

5. Yeah? Mayhe they'll cease operations there

These men who think women are the property of the state are in for a surprise.

[BidenRocks]

7. Let's look at their financial statements

It's the easiest way to call bullshit.
Got to report political donations, right?

[HAB911]

10. Great. It's like accepting Liz Cheney

She's temporarily on our side, but still a monster.

Now we have the Chamber of Commerce on our side. They're still monsters.