Business Maverick: Levi’s argues for abortion rights as protests grow in US

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A day after the leak of a draft majority US Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade, people in more than a dozen cities rallied for abortion rights.

Levi’s calls on businesses to protect abortion access

Levi’s employees are eligible for reimbursement for reimbursement if they have to travel out of their home states for health care, including abortion. There is a similar benefit in place for part-time and contract workers.Attorney General Letitia James told the crowd at the New York City rally that the state will help individuals who travel across state lines to obtain a legal abortion in New York. “I want people to know in those deep red states: New York is here for you as well,” she said.

Corinne Sebren, 35, said she came out to show elected officials that it was important to protect “reproductive rights and access to safe and non-shameful abortion.” An attorney, she said Washington state could still do more to ensure access to abortion and also help people who live in states where it’s being curtailed.A sparse crowd outside the Supreme Court Tuesday quickly grew to more than 1,000 by early evening.

“Something this catastrophic, you show up,” she said while trying to wrangle her son, also donning green.

 

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