Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it'll reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time employees who need to travel to another state for health care companies, together with abortions.

The apparel company best identified for its jeans 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 choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked initial draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our staff. That means defending reproductive rights," the company said in an announcement.

Different corporations have pledged to offer similar assist to their U.S. staff who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday instructed employees it would pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it should start in May to cover bills for its workers and their dependents who have to travel to another state for abortion services. read extra

One of the main Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, said it could reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

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