Starbucks to add abortion travel coverage to U.S. well being advantages

Could 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. employees if they must travel more than 100 miles from their houses to obtain an abortion, in response to a memo sent to staff on Monday.

The worldwide espresso chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small but rising checklist of different firms to offer the benefit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. learn more .

The problem gained urgency after Politico printed a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court showing that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide read extra

"Like lots of you, I’m deeply involved by the draft Supreme Court opinion associated to the constitutional proper to abortion that was first established by Roe v. Wade," wrote Sara Kelly, a human resources govt.

The profit also applies to the dependents of workers, the memo said.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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