Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it should reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who must journey to a different state for health care companies, including abortions.

The attire company best recognized for its denims is the latest U.S. company to supply the profit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in line with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what is at stake, enterprise leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company said in an announcement.

Other corporations have pledged to supply similar help to their U.S. staff who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday told staff it can pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it is going to begin in Might to cover bills for its workers and their dependents who have to travel to another state for abortion providers. learn extra

One of the leading Hollywood talent businesses, UTA, mentioned it will reimburse travel expenses related to receiving girls's reproductive health providers that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the first major U.S. bank to make an identical dedication. read extra

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

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