Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it's going to reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time workers who have to travel to another state for well being care services, including abortions.

The apparel firm greatest identified for its denims is the most recent U.S. firm to supply the profit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

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

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"Given what is at stake, enterprise leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our workers. Meaning protecting reproductive rights," the corporate said in a statement.

Other corporations have pledged to offer comparable support to their U.S. workers who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion services.

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

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

One of many main Hollywood talent companies, UTA, said it could reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving girls's reproductive health providers that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the suitable 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 workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the primary main U.S. financial institution to make a similar commitment. read extra

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

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