Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it's going to reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time staff who have to travel to another state for well being care companies, including abortions.

The apparel firm greatest known for its jeans is the most recent U.S. company to offer the benefit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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

Other firms have pledged to supply comparable support to their U.S. workers who must journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday advised employees it will pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it's going to start in May to cowl expenses for its workers and their dependents who need to journey to a different state for abortion services. learn more

One of the main Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, stated it would reimburse journey bills related to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. bank to make an identical commitment. learn more

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Enhancing by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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