Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it will reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who need to travel to another state for health care companies, together with abortions.

The attire firm best known for its jeans is the most recent U.S. company to offer the profit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders have to make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company said in a press release.

Other firms have pledged to offer comparable support to their U.S. employees who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday informed employees it is going to pay up to $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it is going to start in Could to cowl expenses for its staff and their dependents who need to travel to a different state for abortion services. learn extra

One of many leading Hollywood talent companies, UTA, mentioned it could reimburse travel expenses related to receiving women's reproductive well being services that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the precise to choose that has been a bedrock of settled law for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a staff memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary major U.S. financial institution to make the same commitment. learn 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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