The complications around companies paying for abortion travel
In the aftermath of Dobbs v. Jackson , which overturned Roe v. Wade ''s federal right to abortion, about half of U.S. states have either already banned abortion or are likely to do so in the near future. Several large corporations — including Starbucks, Amazon, Lyft, Microsoft, and PayPal — responded by announcing they would pay for employees in states that restricted abortion to travel out of state to terminate their pregnancies. Dick''s Sporting Goods offered to reimburse up to $4,000 in travel expenses. Commentators jumped into the debate: Do the companies'' intentions matter? And will there be fallout? Right-wing anti-capitalism Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that abortion rights advocates are actually pawns of big business. "Corporate America wants you childless," he said last week. Employees with families "demanded higher wages to support their children, and in many cases they formed unions to get those raises." Children also increase companies'' healthcare costs and "compete [for] the employee''s attention." Anti- Dobbs protesters, Carlson said, are enraged by the mere suggestion that "choosing a family over service to global capitalism" might lead to a more fulfilling life.
The complications around companies paying for abortion travel
In the aftermath of Dobbs v. Jackson , which overturned Roe v. Wade ''s federal right to abortion, about half of U.S. states have either already banned abortion or are likely to do so in the near future. Several large corporations — including Starbucks, Amazon, Lyft, Microsoft, and PayPal — responded by announcing they would pay for employees in states that restricted abortion to travel out of state to terminate their pregnancies. Dick''s Sporting Goods offered to reimburse up to $4,000 in travel expenses. Commentators jumped into the debate: Do the companies'' intentions matter? And will there be fallout? Right-wing anti-capitalism Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that abortion rights advocates are actually pawns of big business. "Corporate America wants you childless," he said last week. Employees with families "demanded higher wages to support their children, and in many cases they formed unions to get those raises." Children also increase companies'' healthcare costs and "compete [for] the employee''s attention." Anti- Dobbs protesters, Carlson said, are enraged by the mere suggestion that "choosing a family over service to global capitalism" might lead to a more fulfilling life.