Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it can reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time employees who must journey to a different state for health care services, together with abortions.

The attire firm best known for its denims is the most recent U.S. company to supply the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our workers. That means defending reproductive rights," the corporate mentioned in a statement.

Different corporations have pledged to supply related support to their U.S. employees who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday told staff it'll pay as much as $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it should start in May to cover expenses for its workers and their dependents who must journey to another state for abortion providers. read extra

One of the main Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, mentioned it will reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive health providers that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the right to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled law for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief executive, wrote in a staff memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary main U.S. financial institution to make an analogous dedication. read more

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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