Walmart expands abortion coverage for its employees in the wake of Roe v Wade decision

CNBC ^ | August 19, 2022 | Melissa Repko

[Morgana]

Walmart on Friday told employees that it will expand abortion and related travel coverage, according to an internal memo. The change comes about two months after the Supreme Court struck down the federal right to access the procedure.

Effective immediately, Walmart’s health care plans will cover abortion “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability,” according to the memo to employees, which was reviewed by CNBC.

Employees and their family members who are insured through Walmart will also have travel costs covered, if they cannot access a legal abortion within 100 miles of their location, according to the email, which was sent by Walmart’s Chief People Officer Donna Morris.

Walmart is the nation’s largest employer with about 1.6 million employees and is headquartered in Arkansas, where strict abortion limits have already got into effect. The company’s health care expansion comes months after Target, Apple and others broadened or reaffirmed abortion coverage. Still, Walmart’s policy decision is symbolic: The retailer’s more than 4,700 stores are located in small towns and larger cities alike, with about 90% of Americans living within 10 miles of a location.

Last month, the company’s CEO, Doug McMillon, sent an employee-wide email saying that Walmart was “working thoughtfully and diligently to figure out the best path forward” after the Supreme Court decision. Walmart at the time didn’t say what changes the company was considering.

[subterfuge]

Good post. My daughter had to have the procedure done in an emergency situation and she could have died right then. Come to find out she was having twins but one of the babies didn’t develop enough. And the doctors the atArnold Palmer children’s hospital said my daughter would have contracted a type of cancer that is 100% fatal. What a horrifying dad that was. Woops, never put this in writing before.

[daniel1212]

health risk to the mother

" That creates a gap so big you can sail an oil tanker through it."

Indeed, esp. with proabort MDs determining what constitutes health risk (headache?). But at least Wlamrt provides Maternity Leave also:

You can take up to 9 weeks of protected paid Maternity Leave, following a seven-calendar-day unpaid waiting period. You'll receive 100% of pay (based on average weekly wages). You can also use the parental benefit (see below) for an additional six weeks, for a total of 16 weeks of protected paid leave. - https://www.google.com/url?esrc=s&q=&rct=j&sa=U&url=https://one.walmart.com/content/usone/en_us/me/time/leave-of-absence/hourly-associates/getting-paid.html&ved=2ahUKEwirgZjzj9T5AhU6j4kEHTm2Cq8QFXoECAQQBA&usg=AOvVaw14sNqp4p2M7_qrH8qSYPgj

[BlackbirdSST]

“We must kill babies!”

[chopperk]

Walmart is killing it’s future customers.