Amazon has told its employees that it will cover travel costs for non-life-threatening medical care, including abortions, for up to $4,000, Reuters reports. The reimbursement plan is being made available retroactively up to the beginning of 2022, allowing employees who have had to travel for medical care in the last four months to take advantage of the plan, too.
Amazon sent employees an update about the travel benefit just before news of a leaked draft ruling from the Supreme Court that stands to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, both of which secured federal abortion rights in the U.S. A total of 13 states have trigger laws that would greatly limit or entirely ban abortion access if Roe v. Wade were overturned.
