Posted on 05/10/2022 12:09:20 AM PDT by Morgana
May 9 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it would extend its abortion and gender affirming care services for employees in the United States to include travel expense assistance.
Several companies, including Yelp Inc, Citigroup , Levi Strauss & Co, and Amazon.com Inc, have already pledged to cover costs for American employees who need to travel out of state for an abortion.
Some major employers, such as Walmart Inc and Target Corp, have not weighed in since the leak to Politico last week of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn its 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
The issue has gained urgency now that 31 states have introduced abortion bans this year, according to policy analysis by research group Guttmacher Institute.
Microsoft will "continue to do everything we can under the law to protect our employees' rights and support employees" in accessing critical healthcare, which includes services like abortion and gender-affirming care, in the United States, a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters.
"This support is being extended to include travel expense assistance for these and other medical services where access to care is limited in availability in an employee's home geographic region."
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How soon before this is scammed for an all-expenses paid vacation trip for two?
“Boss, I’m two weeks pregnant. My boyfriend and I need to travel to an ‘abortion sanctuary’ state next week for ‘treatment.’ He needs to be there to provide me emotional support.”
“Sure, I’ll approve that. Have a good time. Take as much time as you need to fully recover.”
PLEASE! Don’t give them ideas!!!
Thank God I havent bought one of their products from them in 2 decades
I know there are a lot of smiling Executives who now have a way to finally start closing the ‘gender pay gap’, which is simply eliminating the biggest cause of the gap - children.
I recently learned Bill Gates’ father was the head of Planned Parenthood.
all-expenses paid vacation trip for two
I recall a joke about a guy that wanted $5000 for a cup of coffee, when asked why $5000 he said he wanted it in Paris.
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