Starbucks to add abortion travel protection to U.S. health advantages

May 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. workers if they have to journey greater than 100 miles from their houses to acquire an abortion, in line with a memo despatched to employees on Monday.

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

The problem gained urgency after Politico published a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court docket exhibiting 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 concerned by the draft Supreme Court docket opinion related to the constitutional right to abortion that was first established by Roe v. Wade," wrote Sara Kelly, a human assets executive.

The benefit additionally applies to the dependents of workers, the memo stated.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Modifying by Chizu Nomiyama

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