Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it can reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time workers who must journey to a different state for well being care providers, including abortions.

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

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in line with a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn more

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our employees. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate stated in a statement.

Other companies have pledged to supply comparable support to their U.S. staff who have 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. personal employer, on Monday advised employees it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced evaluate platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it should begin in Could to cowl bills for its workers and their dependents who must travel to a different state for abortion services. learn extra

One of the leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, said it could reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive well being services that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary major U.S. bank to make the same commitment. read more

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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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