Starbucks to add abortion journey protection to U.S. health benefits
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2022-05-17 12:21:17
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May 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. workers if they need to journey more than 100 miles from their houses to acquire an abortion, in response to a memo sent to employees on Monday.
The global coffee chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small but rising listing of other companies to offer the profit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. learn more .
The difficulty gained urgency after Politico published a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Courtroom exhibiting that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide learn more
"Like many of you, I’m deeply concerned by the draft Supreme Courtroom opinion related to the constitutional proper to abortion that was first established by Roe v. Wade," wrote Sara Kelly, a human resources govt.
The benefit also applies to the dependents of employees, the memo stated.
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