Following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 24 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which reversed the Roe v. Wade decision and will allow states to restrict or end abortion access, more large U.S. companies said they will cover the cost for employees who need to travel out of state for abortions.
However, it's unclear how widespread the expansion of abortion-related benefits will be. In an early June survey of more than 1,000 HR professionals by the SHRM Research Institute, only 5 percent of respondents said that their organizations planned to provide travel expense benefits (gasoline, airfare, hotels) outside of a health savings account (HSA) for employees to access abortion and reproductive services that are not accessible in their state of residence.
Another question asked whether knowing that employees can use HSA funds for travel-related expenses to receive reproductive care including abortions in another state would affect contributions to employees' HSAs. Among respondents at organizations that currently contribute to employees' HSAs:
Yet many prominent companies are publicizing their support for abortion-travel benefits, and other organizations may be doing so with less fanfare to avoid controversy. Even before the Supreme Court's ruling,...
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