Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it would reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who have to journey to a different state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The apparel firm best identified for its denims is the newest U.S. firm to offer the benefit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders have to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our employees. Which means defending reproductive rights," the company stated in a statement.

Other companies have pledged to offer similar help to their U.S. staff who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday advised workers it's going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it's going to start in Could to cowl bills for its workers and their dependents who need to journey to another state for abortion providers. read extra

One of the leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, mentioned it might reimburse travel bills associated to receiving ladies's reproductive health providers that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the precise to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled law for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief executive, wrote in a staff memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary main U.S. financial institution to make an analogous dedication. read extra

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Enhancing by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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