✔️ 2022-06-24 20:19:22 – Paris/France.
Demonstration outside the Supreme Court building to protest abortion restrictions (REUTERS/Yana Paskova/File Photo)
The largest companies in The United States reacted on Friday to the Supreme Court of Justice's decision to overturn Row v. Wadeopening up the possibility that many states across the country will ban pregnancy terminations.
In a flurry of announcements, companies ranging from Disney, Netflix, Apple, Amazon to JPMorgan, among others, have announced that they will take steps to ensure their employees can access to this health service, in force in the country since 1973.
The largest US bank, JPMorgan Chase, said that will cover employee travel to states that allow abortion. An internal communication from the bank to its staff, published by American media, announces that from July they will have “additional benefits covered” in company health insurance, including travel for services that “can only be obtained outside the home”, as “legal abortion”.
JP Morgan Chase & Co. New York offices (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
JPMorgan, with approximately 270 000 employeesjoined in this policy with another major Wall Street bank, Citi Group -led by a woman, Jane Fraser- and companies in other sectors, including technology, which have taken steps to support.
Within technology companies, both Amazon What Apple They announced that they would act. The company founded by Jeff Bezos has publicly stated that will cover all costs employees seeking abortions in states where the procedure has been made illegal, while Apple's CEO, Tim Cook said the tech giant will cover employees who "travel out of state for medical care if unavailable in their home state."
For his part, the CEO of magazine publisher Condé Nast, Roger Lynch emailed workers saying the company's "most powerful" response will come through its "different editorial look".
Walt Disney Company logo (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Condé Nast also announced that “will help covered employees and their covered dependents access reproductive care, regardless of where they live. »
“Today, the United States Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion, allowing individual states to more aggressively regulate or ban the procedure altogether. »CEO Roger Lynch wrote in a memo to employees. “It is a blow for reproductive rights which have been protected for almost half a century”he added.
In a statement to the media, a spokesperson for Disney he said that the company “communicated directly” with its employees to “acknowledge the impact of the decision”. The company will provide a travel allowance that will cover other pregnancy-related decisions, while emphasizing its commitment to providing Affordable healthcare for all employees, regardless of location.
Companies like Paramount, Sony and Comcast makes announcements along the same lines, according to The Washington Post.
A smartphone with the logo of the Netflix platform (REUTERS / Given Ruvic)
the platform of Streaming Netflix also confirmed Initiated that the company plans to cover the costs employees forced to travel to have an abortion.
In a press release by the same media, the company Levi Strauss referenced the brand's donations to reproductive rights nonprofits.
« We strongly oppose any action that interferes with the health and well-being of our employees, that is, to oppose any measure restricting access to all practices related to reproductive health, including Abortion. Protecting reproductive rights is a critical business issue that affects our workforce, our economy, and progress toward gender and racial equity. Given what is at stake, business leaders must speak up and take action to protect the health and well-being of our employees.
On your side, Sheryl Sandbergwho was for a long time and until a few days ago the director of operations of Objective, posted a statement about the Supreme Court's decision on Facebook, which could be interpreted as a compromise by the social media giant.
The conservative U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned a ruling that had guaranteed American women's right to abortion for nearly half a century.
“I grew up hearing stories from my mother about what women in our country had to go through before Roe”, wrote. “My mother had a friend who left the country to have a safe abortion. Most women couldn't afford to do that; some have had clandestine abortions, too often resulting in serious health complications and sometimes even death. All women knew they could face impossible choices between controlling their future and their health and breaking the law.
And continued: “I never thought that my mother's past would become my daughters' future. I can't believe I'm sending my three daughters to college with less rights than me. The Supreme Court's decision puts the health and lives of millions of girls and women across the country at risk. »
The author of "Lean In" wrote that the new decision "threatens to undo progress made by women in the workplace".
Sheryl Sandberg, former CPO of Facebook, in 2017 (REUTERS / Philippe Wojazer)
For his part, in a press release posted on Instagram, a spokesperson for the popular dating site Ok Cupid wrote: “The decision to cancel Roe v Wade does not mean the fight is over. Reproductive rights are human rights. Act now by calling your representatives and demanding freedom and choice. We have no choice but to fight!
Additionally, OkCupid sent a in-app notification to all users in the 26 states that may ban abortion that it encourages them to contact their political representatives.
« Like many of you, I am deeply concerned about the Supreme Court's draft opinion on the constitutional right to abortion that was first established in Roe v. wade”, wrote the executive vice president of Starbucks, Sara Kelly, in a letter to coffee chain employees.
“Regardless of what the Supreme Court ultimately decides, we will always ensure that our members have access to quality health care”he added.
Representatives of Texas automaker TESLA, founded by Elon Musk, also said in May that the company would foot the bill for employees traveling to receive "health care services".
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla (REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
The CEO of Youtube, Susan Wojcicki, had spoken of the impending downfall of Roe v. Wade in May. According fortunethe CTO then said, "I think the Reproductive rights are human rights, and the removal of a law and a right that we have had for almost 50 years will be a huge setback for women.
At the end of 2021, coinciding with the approval of the law in Texas which prohibits abortion after six weeks of gestation, fifty companies signed a declaration opposing such legislation, including Lyft, online review service Yelp and clothing manufacturer Patagonia.
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