Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it will reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time staff who have to travel to a different state for health care services, including abortions.

The attire company greatest known for its jeans is the most recent U.S. company to supply the profit as numerous states clamp down on entry 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, in line with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate mentioned in an announcement.

Other corporations have pledged to offer similar support to their U.S. staff who have to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday told employees it can pay up to $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it can begin in Could to cowl bills for its employees and their dependents who must journey to another state for abortion providers. read more

One of the main Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, said it might reimburse journey bills related to receiving ladies's reproductive health services that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the proper to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled legislation for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, 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 the same 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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