Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it would reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who need to travel to another state for health care companies, together with abortions.

The apparel firm greatest identified for its denims is the most recent U.S. company to supply the profit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read extra

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company said in an announcement.

Other firms have pledged to supply similar support to their U.S. staff who need to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday instructed workers it's going to pay up to $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, amongst them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it will begin in May to cowl bills for its employees and their dependents who must travel to a different state for abortion companies. read more

One of the leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, stated it will reimburse journey bills associated to receiving girls's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the fitting 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 employees memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the first major U.S. bank to make an identical dedication. read more

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

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