Starbucks so as to add abortion travel protection to U.S. health benefits

Could 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. workers if they must travel more than 100 miles from their properties to acquire an abortion, in accordance with a memo despatched to staff on Monday.

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

The difficulty gained urgency after Politico printed a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court showing that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide learn extra

"Like a lot of you, I’m deeply involved by the draft Supreme Courtroom opinion related to the constitutional right to abortion that was first established by Roe v. Wade," wrote Sara Kelly, a human sources executive.

The profit also applies to the dependents of employees, the memo said.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Enhancing by Chizu Nomiyama

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