Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it can reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time workers who must travel to a different state for well being care providers, together with abortions.

The apparel company best identified for its jeans is the most recent U.S. company to supply the profit as numerous 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, in keeping with a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read extra

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our staff. That means defending reproductive rights," the corporate stated in an announcement.

Different companies have pledged to supply related help to their U.S. employees who must 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. private employer, on Monday advised workers it can pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it would begin in Could to cowl bills for its staff and their dependents who need to journey to a different state for abortion services. read extra

One of the main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, mentioned it will reimburse travel bills related to receiving women's reproductive health services that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary major U.S. bank to make an analogous 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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