Employment attorney explains the ramifications with Roe v. Wade likely being overturned
After increasing benefits and perks to include pet insurance and student loan assistance during the Great Resignation, now companies are offering something they never expected to.
Last week, a leaked Supreme Court draft ruling indicated that Roe v. Wade may soon be overturned after nearly 50 years. If reversed, more than half the country (26 states) would certainly or be likely to ban abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute. While states like Michigan and Wisconsin have anti-abortion laws that predate Roe, 13 states, including Ohio, Arkansas and North Dakota, have laws that would go into effect soon after Roe is overruled, NBC News reported.
As a result, San Francisco-based companies like Yelp and Levi Strauss & Co., as well as Amazon, Citigroup and other firms have pledged to cover travel expenses for employees who must go outside their state for abortions. California companies like Apple and Salesforce have previously offered such benefits in response to Texas’ recent law banning all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
Meanwhile, Lyft and Uber have said they would cover legal fees for drivers sued under the Texas or new Oklahoma law, which punishes people aiding the procedure, including doctors, people paying for the procedure and clinic workers. That includes rideshare drivers who could be fined up to $10,000.
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