Starbucks so as to add abortion travel coverage to U.S. health advantages

Could 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. employees if they need to travel more than 100 miles from their houses to obtain an abortion, based on a memo sent to staff on Monday.

The global coffee chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small but growing listing of other companies to supply the profit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. learn extra .

The difficulty gained urgency after Politico published 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 related to the constitutional right to abortion that was first established by Roe v. Wade," wrote Sara Kelly, a human resources govt.

The benefit also applies to the dependents of workers, the memo stated.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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