CEO of Salesforce Marc Benioff attends a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and private sector CEOs in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 26, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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Salesforce told employees in a Slack message on Thursday that the company will help them relocate if they’re worried about access to abortions or other medical procedures following an expected ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that would strike down Roe v. Wade.
“If you have concerns about access to critical health care in your state, Salesforce will provide financial support for travel, available through our health care providers, and/or help relocate you and members of your immediate family,” Brent Hyder, Salesforce’s president and chief people officer, wrote in the Slack post, which was viewed by CNBC.
A Salesforce representative declined to comment.
Salesforce and other large tech companies have committed to covering travel costs for their workers who may need to travel for abortions. They started letting employees know about that option after a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion last week revealed the high court’s apparent intent to overturn the 1973 ruling that made access to a safe abortion a constitutional right.
Of the 50 U.S. states, 26 would or are likely to ban abortion if Roe is overturned, according to the nonprofit Guttmacher Institute.
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