Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it'll reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who have to journey to another state for health care companies, including abortions.

The attire firm finest identified for its jeans is the newest U.S. company to offer the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders need to make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our employees. Meaning defending reproductive rights," the corporate said in a statement.

Different corporations have pledged to offer comparable support to their U.S. employees who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday informed staff it'll pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it'll begin in Could to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who have to travel to another state for abortion companies. read more

One of the main Hollywood talent companies, UTA, mentioned it might reimburse travel bills related to receiving women's reproductive well being services that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the first major U.S. bank to make an analogous dedication. learn more

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

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