Starbucks so as to add abortion journey protection to U.S. health advantages

May 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. workers if they need to travel greater than 100 miles from their properties to obtain an abortion, in line with a memo despatched to employees on Monday.

The worldwide espresso chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small however growing record of other corporations to supply the benefit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. read more .

The issue gained urgency after Politico published a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court docket displaying 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 concerned by the draft Supreme Court opinion associated to the constitutional right to abortion that was first established by Roe v. Wade," wrote Sara Kelly, a human resources govt.

The benefit also applies to the dependents of staff, the memo stated.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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