Starbucks to add abortion journey coverage to U.S. health benefits

Could 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. workers if they need to travel greater than 100 miles from their homes to obtain an abortion, in keeping with a memo despatched to employees on Monday.

The global espresso chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small but rising list of different firms to supply the profit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. learn extra .

The issue gained urgency after Politico published a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court displaying that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide read extra

"Like many of you, I’m deeply involved by the draft Supreme Court opinion associated to the constitutional proper to abortion that was first established by Roe v. Wade," wrote Sara Kelly, a human assets govt.

The benefit also applies to the dependents of employees, the memo mentioned.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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