Starbucks on Monday announced it will cover costs for employees who must travel out of state to receive abortion services, the latest in a growing list of employers to offer the benefits after a leak two weeks ago showed the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and let states ban the procedure.
In a statement, the company said it was “committed to ensuring” employees have access to quality healthcare “regardless of where they live or what they believe.”
Starbucks employees—as well as their dependents enrolled in Starbucks’ health insurance—will be reimbursed for travel expenses to receive abortion and gender-affirming care if the services are not available within 100 miles of their home.
The news comes two weeks after Levi Strauss and Amazon reportedly said they would also pay for employees to travel to states with less restrictive abortion laws, while others are considering taking action, after Politico published a draft opinion from February showing the Supreme Court may soon let states outlaw abortion.
More than 15 companies have said they will offer some form of abortion-related benefits to employees in recent months as states across the country have begun to adopt restrictive abortion laws, according to Forbes. They include Amazon, Apple, Bumble, Citigroup, Lyft and Yelp. Following the news of the leaked draft opinion, which declares the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling “egregiously wrong,” several companies spoke out about their commitment...
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