Starbucks to add abortion travel protection to U.S. well being 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 acquire an abortion, in accordance with a memo sent to staff on Monday.

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

The issue 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 read more

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

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

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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