These companies are paying for abortion travel

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In the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, major corporations including Procter & Gamble and Target are adding abortion travel costs to their employee benefits.

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earlier this year after states including Texas introduced restrictive abortion laws. But more corporations have followed in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on Friday, with dozens of companies representing millions workers now pledging to cover travel costs in case their employees need abortion care. its new travel policy will cover workers who can't access care from a provider within a 50-mile radius, and will take effect on January 1.

Target told its roughly 450,000 U.S. workers in a memo on Monday that it would reimburse travel costs related to any covered medical procedure that isn't available nearby, starting in July. The discount retailer operates about 2,000 stores across the country. The e-commerce giant — which employs 1.6 million workers — said it will reimburse up to $4,000 in travel costs for abortions.

 

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This is where we're at...corporations with respect for rights are taking the charge to defend rights, when the SC should be doing it every day.

They have to side with the people because the supreme court doesn't shop at their stores

Because it’s cheaper than maternity leave. RoeVWade

Of course. It is cheaper than paying for maternity leave. Unless the person is filing for abortion travel cost every third month.

You best believe the far right will go after corporations for taking care of its employees’ needs. They won’t stop until we’re in a theocratic authoritarian nation where citizens and business will have to subscribe to their particular ideology.

Cheaper than paying for maternity leave. Cheap

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These U.S. companies are paying for abortion travelBellwethers from finance, technology and retail industries are bankrolling workers who need to access reproductive services. This isn't the look they think it is. They are taking the cheaper route and getting their employees back to work without being out with a child. Kind of ghoulish don't you think? that's cool. would be even cooler if they would just stop giving to republican politicians. You have yet to realize we're all property of indentured tax paying slaves. Women bit the apple of women's lib, sent kids to daycare/school for 12hr day or latchkey kids, while they chased their careers and divorced daddy. Now you don't want those kids to have guns.
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These companies will pay for abortion-related travel for employeesBank of America, Starbucks, Dick's Sporting Goods and more announced new benefits in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. Thank goodness they left Alabama Don’t worry Libs , you can still kill your babies Abortion is NOT banned in Ohio!! Your information is wrong.
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Companies covering abortion travel costs for employees now include Target, Yahoo and P&GYahoo, Target and Procter & Gamble are among the latest companies offering to reimburse their employees for travel costs when workers seek reproductive care in other states, including abortion and gender-affirming procedures. But of course. G.K. Chesterton saw through this: 'the employer says in his hearty and handsome fashion: 'You really cannot expect me to deprive myself of my money. But I will make a sacrifice, I will deprive myself of your children.''
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