Starbucks to add abortion travel protection to U.S. health advantages

May 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. staff if they have to journey more than 100 miles from their properties to acquire an abortion, in accordance with a memo despatched to workers on Monday.

The global espresso chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small but growing checklist of different firms to supply the benefit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. learn 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 more

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

The profit also applies to the dependents of workers, the memo said.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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