Companies face penalties in aiding access to abortion
From global.chinadaily.com.cn
2022-07-19 03:22:57
Excerpt:
US companies that have offered to help cover travel and relocation costs for female employees who want to get an abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade last month are facing possible penalties and legal problems for helping women avert an abortion ban in some states.
Lyft, Citigroup, Uber, Tesla, Yelp, Amazon, Disney, Nike, Apple, JPMorgan and Google pledged to support their female employees who either need their health insurance plans to be updated to cover an abortion or want to travel or relocate from a state where it is banned to one where it is still legal.
Texas’ strict abortion ban, based on a 1925 law, took effect on July 2. In May, Lyft was sent a letter from 14 Republican members of the Texas House of Representatives who warned the ride-hailing company that it needed to stop its abortion travel benefit…