Gathered from a variety of sources, here's a list of corporations that have promised to assist employees who live in states affected by the Supreme Court's eradication of abortion rights. The type of assistance varies, but generally includes travel costs and sometimes additional help.
If you're wondering what you can do right now to fight for abortion rights in the wake of the Dobbs decision, this is one of those things: If you have a sizeable company headquartered nearby that isn't on this list, start up a lobbying and protest movement to get them on our side. You can be sure the anti-abortion folks are already doing it.
Meanwhile, don't forget to work on your own employer's insurance plan.
Don't be timid. Not now.
You can add Disney to that list.
And Alaska Airlines.
And J.P. Morgan Chase.
They're all there already!
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Morningstar Inc.
How does Nike maestro Phil Knight square his significant financial support for Patriots Pride types in Oregon political races with his company's circumvention of Samuel Alito's determination that abortion is a sacrelicious descent into hell on earth?
Marketing.
Yup.
It's funny that both Colin Kaepernick & Christina Drazen are getting their money from the same source, though.
I suspect forced birthers will seek to criminalize this type of thing.
Ding!
Calling Ron DeSantis!
IBM says this: "IBM has for decades included coverage for reproductive health services in our U.S. medical plans. That coverage will continue, as will our long-standing policy of ensuring IBMers and their dependents in the U.S. can access covered health services that are not available to them locally."
IIRC, the Supreme Court still hasn't ruled on the constitutionality of the Texas bounty hunter law that allows a Texan to sue anyone, anywhere, who gets an abortion.
If the Supreme Court blesses that, then every red state will pass one.
Today we are all Chuck Norris.
It is a lot cheaper for a company to pay for an abortion under their insurance plan than to pay for a birth.
Indeed!
When Obamacare required coverage of contraception, the Catholic Diocese of New York took a look at their health insurance for lay employees and were horrified. Not only did they cover contraception, but also abortion services. Why? Well because it is way cheaper than paying for healthcare for a pregnant woman and, later, her child.
Remember the terrible Hobby Lobby decision that the incompetent clowns on the supreme monkey court issued? Bad policy, bad law, and bad facts. The clowns argued that the owner of a business shouldn't have to pay for contraception if it was against his religion.
1. The rights and religious beliefs of tens of thousands of employees are less important than those of the employer?
2. It's a corporation, not a sole proprietorship. The theory of corporations is that they get limited liability because they benefit the public. A corporation can't have a religion. If the owner wants to claim a religious exemption, he should end his corporate liability protection.
3. Covering contraception actually reduces the cost of the insurance. The Hobby lobby ass-hole was being forced to take a break on the cost.
Remember that it took about a week for the Obama administration to work out a deal with the health insurance companies? If an employer didn't want to cover contraception, then they'd charge the employer the higher, no contraception rate, and then give contraceptive services for free to any employee who asked for them. A true gift to the insurance companies.
Just move your stores out of states that ban abortion.
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If one’s goal is retribution, that would be one way to go about it. The extent to which it is asking companies to fall on their swords is an open question.
In terms of changing things, maybe it would have an effect. But I’m not optimistic. Changing things requires “bluing” the anti-abortion states. And that requires a willingness to remain/move there.
The company that owns my employer could be on the list, but isn't going to make noise in public. Remarkably progressive internally, very conservative public face.
As Mark Evanier tweeted:
“It's nice that so many companies are pledging to cover travel expenses for employees who need abortions but (a) part of the right to get one was the right to privacy, meaning you don't have to tell your boss, and (b) unemployed women get pregnant too.”
Here’s another thought, a young woman traveling on her own from a state where abortion is illegal to a state where it is will be assumed to be doing so to get an abortion.
Indeed, and I think a point generally would be that an unwanted pregnancy is involuntary servitude, however inadvertent on the part of the blastocyst.
But check first, as this list is not complete…
If only giant corporations had more political power, we would be living in a liberal paradise. But our decrepit system often subjects them to the popular will. That needs to change.
DNFTT
haha.
Personally, I hate it when corporations start taking sides on divisive political issues, whether left or right. If some corporate leaders oppose abortion, should they be funding anti-abortion activities?
Also, when corporate leaders fund politically divisive activities, they are in part imposing their views on their very diverse employees. Don't agree with your CEO? Try calling or emailing him or her and giving them an earful. It may not end well for you.
Yeah, corporations that are trying to increase diversity in order to increase market share and profits should definitely never comment on any law that seeks to prevent diversity.
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But there's a big barrier here: does the employee have to tell their boss that they want an abortion? That would make the assistance a lot less attractive. Maybe these companies are figuring that not many would want to take that step, so this lets them appear progressive to their employees at little actual cost.
And where's Google?
How many of these also donate to Repub organizations? Popular Information flagged this today. https://popular.info/p/the-hypocrisy-of-abortion-as-a-corporate