Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it can reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time employees who must travel to another state for health care services, including abortions.

The apparel firm finest known for its jeans is the latest U.S. firm to supply the profit as numerous states clamp down on entry to abortions.

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

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

Other corporations have pledged to offer comparable help to their U.S. workers who need to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday advised workers it's going to pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it is going to begin in May to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who have to journey to another state for abortion services. read extra

One of many main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, stated it could reimburse journey expenses related to receiving women's reproductive well being providers that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the correct to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled legislation for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a staff memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary main U.S. financial institution to make an analogous commitment. learn 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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