Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it can reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who must travel to a different state for health care services, including abortions.

The apparel firm finest known for its denims is the newest U.S. company to offer the profit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders have to make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our employees. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate said in a statement.

Other corporations have pledged to offer similar assist to their U.S. workers who need to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday told employees it will pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it'll begin in Might to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who need to journey to a different state for abortion companies. learn more

One of many leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, stated it might reimburse journey bills related to receiving girls's reproductive well being providers that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. financial institution to make a similar dedication. learn more

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

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