Starbucks to add abortion travel protection to U.S. health benefits

May 16 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) will reimburse U.S. staff if they must journey greater than 100 miles from their properties to acquire an abortion, based on a memo sent to employees on Monday.

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

The problem gained urgency after Politico printed a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court docket showing that a conservative majority of justices supported overturning the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide read more

"Like a lot of you, I’m deeply concerned 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 assets executive.

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

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Reporting by Hilary Russ Modifying by Chizu Nomiyama

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