Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it's going to reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time workers who need to travel to another state for well being care companies, including abortions.

The apparel company finest identified for its jeans is the newest U.S. firm to supply the profit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked initial draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders have to make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our employees. That means defending reproductive rights," the corporate mentioned in a press release.

Different companies have pledged to offer comparable help to their U.S. employees who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday advised staff it will pay up to $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it can begin in Could to cowl expenses for its staff and their dependents who must journey to another state for abortion services. learn more

One of the main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, stated it could reimburse journey bills related to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the right to choose that has been a bedrock of settled legislation for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. financial institution to make the same commitment. read extra

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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