Major companies offer to cover abortion expenses after Roe ruling
, obtained by FOX Business Friday, that its "health care plans have historically covered travel benefits for certain covered services that would require travel."
The company said it's expanding that benefit in July to include all covered services that can only be obtained far from an employee's home, which would include legal abortion, according to the email. "As always, we’re focused on the health and well-being of our employees and want to ensure equitable access to all benefits," a JPMorgan spokesperson told FOX Business Friday. was leaked in May, several companies started issuing policies to help workers who could face health care restrictions in their states.
Pro-choice research group Guttmacher Institute reported earlier this month that 26 states "are certain or likely to ban abortion" if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Thirteen states, mainly in the South and Midwest, already have laws on the books that ban abortion in the event Roe is overturned. Another half-dozen states have near-total bans or prohibitions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.
, we will always ensure our partners have access to quality health care," Kelly said. "And when actions impact your access to health care, we will work on a way to make sure you feel supported.". also told FOX Business in a statement it will "continue to do everything we can under the law to protect our employees’ rights and support employees and their enrolled dependents in accessing critical health care" regardless of where they live.
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