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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Starbucks will cover travel for workers seeking abortions

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Starbucks said Monday it will pay the travel expenses for U.S. employees to access abortion and gender-confirmation procedures if those services aren't available within 100 milof a worker's home.

The Seattle coffee giant said it will also make the travel benefit available to the dependents of employees who are enrolled in Starbucks' health care plan. Starbucks has 240,000 U.S. employees but the company didn't say what percentage of them are enrolled in the its health care plan.

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