Starbucks to add abortion journey protection to U.S. health advantages

May 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. employees if they have to journey greater than 100 miles from their houses to obtain an abortion, in accordance with a memo sent to staff on Monday.

The worldwide coffee chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small but growing record of different corporations to supply the benefit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. read more .

The issue gained urgency after Politico published a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court docket displaying that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide read more

"Like many of you, I’m deeply concerned by the draft Supreme Courtroom opinion associated to the constitutional right to abortion that was first established by Roe v. Wade," wrote Sara Kelly, a human resources government.

The profit also applies to the dependents of staff, the memo mentioned.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Enhancing by Chizu Nomiyama

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