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2. I see the Match Group in that graphic.
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 07:43 PM
Sep 2021

Should they be boycotted even though the CEO is actively opposed to SB8?

Bumble And Match Leaders Set Up Funds For People Affected By The Texas Abortion Ban

The dating-app company Bumble has created a special fund to help people affected by Texas' new abortion ban. The CEO of Match, which owns Tinder, is creating a similar fund. Both companies are based in Texas and are led by women.

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"Bumble has created a relief fund supporting the reproductive rights of women and people across the gender spectrum who seek abortions in Texas," the company said as the state's new abortion law took effect this week.

"We'll keep fighting against regressive laws like" the one in Texas, the company said, noting that it was founded by women and is led by CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd.

Match Group CEO Dubey also called the Texas law regressive — a "big step back in women's rights," she said, noting that it does not allow exceptions to the ban for victims of rape or incest.

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https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1033980404/texas-abortion-ban-bumble-match-funds

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