Starbucks to add abortion travel coverage to U.S. well being advantages

Might 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. staff if they need to travel more than 100 miles from their homes to obtain an abortion, based on a memo despatched to workers on Monday.

The global espresso chain joins Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and a small but growing list of different companies to supply the benefit as some U.S. states impose tighter restrictions on abortion. read more .

The difficulty gained urgency after Politico revealed a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court docket exhibiting that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide read more

"Like a lot of you, I’m deeply involved by the draft Supreme Courtroom 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 additionally applies to the dependents of staff, the memo stated.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Enhancing by Chizu Nomiyama

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