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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore in New York

Many US companies move to pay travel costs for employees seeking abortions

People protest in front of a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, on Saturday.
People protest in front of a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, on Saturday. Photograph: Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images

Many large US corporations have moved swiftly to provide support and financial assistance to employees seeking abortions in states that outlawed the procedure after the US supreme court’s decision on Friday to overturn its landmark Roe v Wade ruling.

With potentially millions of women soon looking to cross state lines for the procedure, many employers have added “critical healthcare” packages to employees’ benefit packages.

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