Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it should reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time staff who have to travel to a different state for health care providers, together with abortions.

The apparel firm finest known for its jeans is the latest U.S. firm to offer the profit as varied states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, in keeping with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read extra

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

Different corporations have pledged to offer similar help to their U.S. workers who have to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion companies.

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

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it will start in May to cover bills for its workers and their dependents who need to journey to a different state for abortion providers. learn more

One of many leading Hollywood talent businesses, UTA, mentioned it might reimburse travel bills associated to receiving ladies's reproductive health providers that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the right to choose that has been a bedrock of settled regulation 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) grew to become in March the primary main U.S. bank to make the same dedication. read more

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

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