Starbucks to add abortion travel protection to U.S. well being advantages

Could 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. staff if they have to journey greater than 100 miles from their houses to obtain an abortion, in line with a memo sent to employees on Monday.

The global coffee chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small but rising list of different firms to offer the benefit 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 Courtroom exhibiting that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide read extra

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

The profit additionally applies to the dependents of staff, the memo mentioned.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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