Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it will reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time workers who need to journey to another state for health care services, together with abortions.

The apparel firm finest known for its jeans is the newest U.S. company to supply the profit as various states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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

Different companies have pledged to supply comparable support to their U.S. employees who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday advised staff it will pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it will start in May to cowl expenses for its staff and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion providers. read more

One of the leading Hollywood talent agencies, UTA, said it would reimburse travel bills associated to receiving girls's reproductive health companies that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the fitting to choose that has been a bedrock of settled legislation for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief govt, wrote in a employees memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. bank to make an analogous commitment. learn extra

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

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