Posted on 06/25/2022 1:46:13 PM PDT by Libloather
After the Supreme Court ruled on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, corporate giants from a range of industries pledged to provide support and financial assistance for employees - and, in some cases, their dependents - seeking abortions in states that outlaw the procedure.
The court's decision to roll back the nearly 50-year-old landmark ruling, which protected the federal, constitutional right to an abortion, is expected to transform the landscape of reproductive health in America, leaving abortion policy up to individual states and paving the way for numerous states to pass new abortion restrictions. As of Friday afternoon, state officials in at least seven states said that new abortion bans can now be enforced.
Millions of people seeking abortions could soon be forced to travel across state lines to access the procedure, adding to the cost of an already often expensive healthcare service. For many, employers' benefit packages may be the only way they can afford an abortion.
In response, corporations, some with headquarters or offices in Republican-controlled states, are taking action. Companies such as Citigroup, Salesforce and Match Group first promised financial support to employees seeking abortions in affected states after a draft version of the opinion leaked in May. Many more followed suit on Friday. Some, including Bumble and Lyft, also previously said they would donate to organizations that support women's rights, such as Planned Parenthood and Fund Texas Choice.
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Microsoft
Apple
Meta
Yelp
Disney
Uber
Netflix
Bumble
Match Group
Box.com
Levi Strauss
Comcast-NBC Universal
Warner Bros Discovery
JPMorgan Chase
Nike
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From the corporation’s standpoint, it’s cheaper to pay for an abortion than pay maternity expenses and another name added to the company benefits package.
It’s hard to imagine putting a cost benefit analysis on the birth of a human being but it’s being done.
Time to abort any tax laws favoriting the large corporations - maybe get some lefties on board.
I suspect that “covering the costs” won’t last long, after they have wrung as much publicity out of it as they can.
Can these companies write this off on their taxes?
Exactly.
According to this site an uncomplicated live birth is $13k.
https://www.valuepenguin.com/cost-childbirth-health-insurance
Toss in 12 weeks of maternity leave and killing the baby is by far cheaper than giving birth.
I guess America has crossed a line. We will now kill for cash.
Got to do some banking changes, drop Netflix and Apple too.
I use very few of these and will use even fewer now.
These are companies that piss their shareholders funds away for political reasons.
These corporations are killing inconvenient children who get in the way of work. For the company, this is cheaper than maternal leave.
The mothers are pressured to be team players and get abortions instead of selfishly having babies.
This is anti-woman.
It gets worse, just think if one of these same corporations said, no we are not paying for the abortion, have the child we will pay according to our benefits package and put the child’s name on the benefits package as well.
That corporation would be subject to a mountain of harassment and ridicule, threats of boycott, and attempts to get executives fired, etc...
All because someone stood up for human life.
Of course, as donations or some sort of promotional expense.
I see a new slogan for Disney.
"I'm going to Disney World kill my baby!"
Magical.
I think I need an abortion. Will they give me airfare and a hotel room in NYC for three days?
Stockholders should question this misuse of revenue. And what about employees who don’t want to kill their babies? Can they get free trips, maybe for a wellness day or so? Even better, to a pro-life activity?
Nice. Murdering a baby and a vacation thrown in!
Abortion as a the new fringe benefit
I don’t use any of them.
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