Starbucks to add abortion journey protection to U.S. health benefits

Could 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. workers if they have to travel more than 100 miles from their homes to obtain an abortion, in accordance with a memo sent to staff on Monday.

The worldwide espresso chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small however rising listing of different corporations to offer the profit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. read more .

The problem gained urgency after Politico printed a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court docket displaying that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide read more

"Like a lot of you, I’m deeply concerned by the draft Supreme Court docket opinion associated to the constitutional proper to abortion that was first established by Roe v. Wade," wrote Sara Kelly, a human assets government.

The benefit also applies to the dependents of staff, the memo said.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Modifying by Chizu Nomiyama

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