H&M will pay for the employees who wants an abortion
The Supreme Court's decision to tear up the abortion law puts pressure on companies to act.
Now H&M promises to pay for their employees in the US to be able to travel and perform abortions in a safe way.
On Friday, the reality for American women changed. The Supreme Court overturned the national abortion law, which means that individual states now decide whether it should be legal or illegal.
According to the news agency AP, about half of the states are expected to introduce a ban on abortion.
H&M is now joining the companies that promise to pay for their employees to be able to travel to states where it is still legal to perform an abortion.
"Ensuring access to safe care for our colleagues is not only crucial for supporting our women-led workforce, but also for our commitment to full equality in both working life and society at large," the company writes on its Facebook page.
More companies
As early as May, companies began to gather strength to ensure reproductive care for their employees. Starbucks, Tesla, Airbnb, Microsoft, Netflix, Patagonia were in the starting blocks when the newspapers began to report that the decision was expected to come.
Soon the Walt Disney Company, Meta and Johnson & Johnson followed the same line, writes the New York Times.
The trend began last year when the state of Texas adopted a ban on abortion after six weeks. Once the right to abortion has been abolished at a national level, the pressure on companies to act increases, especially among those headquartered in the 13 states that have or are expected to impose a ban on abortion.
"We employers can be the last line of defense," Sarah Jackel, chief operating officer of Civitech, told the New York Times at the time.
Source:https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/z7m93K/h-m-betalar-anstalldas-aborter-i-usa
