Starbucks so as to add abortion travel coverage to U.S. well being advantages

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

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

The issue gained urgency after Politico published a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Courtroom showing that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide learn extra

"Like many of you, I’m deeply involved 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 resources govt.

The profit also applies to the dependents of staff, the memo said.

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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