In the days since a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade leaked, corporate America has offered a familiar response: silence.
It mirrors the days following Texas’ implementation of its six-week abortion ban last September — silence from the many companies in the state. But in the weeks after Texas’ ban went into effect, some companies started to speak publicly and implement policies to assist employees who wanted to get an abortion out of state. That response to the Texas law, then the most restrictive abortion ban in the country, created a precedent that corporations could draw on now that it seems imminent that Roe will be overturned. So far, they have not. - AlterNet
Sunday, May 8, 2022
Big corporations are predictably mum on abortion rights
We may see some change on this, but probably not much.
It's early ... and after the Disney-Florida squabble, it is kinda understandable why companies would want to wait to see the final ruling.
ReplyDeleteThat said, did you see that Amazon employees will be reimbursed up to $4,000 in travel expenses for non-life-threatening medical treatments that include abortion. A message sent to employees said the new healthcare benefit would apply if an operation could not be performed within 100 miles of their residence. The benefit goes into effect in January 2023.
Why would Amazon do this ??? Could it be concern of giving unions another issue ???
The Massachusetts legislature overrode Governor Charlie Baker (R) veto of legislation that enshrines abortion rights in state law and expands access to 16-year-olds.
The ROE Act, as it's called, will allow abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy in cases with a fatal fetal anomaly and in instances when a physician deems it necessary "to preserve the patient's physical or mental health."
Unions let their voices be heard in MA ... so I gotta think that Amazon may not want to give them something else to shout about.
https://www.aclum.org/en/news/labor-unions-support-roe-act-protect-abortion-access