Starbucks to add abortion journey coverage to U.S. health benefits

Could 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. employees if they have to journey more than 100 miles from their homes to obtain an abortion, based on a memo sent to employees on Monday.

The global espresso chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small however rising checklist of different companies to offer the profit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. learn extra .

The difficulty gained urgency after Politico printed a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court exhibiting that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide learn extra

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

The benefit additionally applies to the dependents of employees, the memo mentioned.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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