Put your money where your choice is. (Primary sources)
Updated 6/25/2022
This is a must-read:
Read the memos that Disney, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and more sent to staff regarding the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision
(McGlauflin, 2022)
Reuters collected a list of companies that will help employees who need to travel to other states for abortions. ABC News also supplied a list of companies’ reactions. I hope to be able to add more businesses. I won’t be sharing memes without primary sources.
Companies are listed below; sources under my comments.
Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Apple Block Bumble Citigroup Inc. Condé Nast CVS Health Dick's Sporting Goods Ellevest Goldman Sachs JPMorgan Chase & Co | Kroger Meta Platforms Microsoft Netflix Salesforce Southwest Airlines Starbucks Tesla TikTok United Airlines UnitedHealth Walt Disney Yelp Zillow |
I was sick to my stomach after hearing the news yesterday, that Roe v. Wade is overturned and that the right to choose is no longer federally protected. Allow me to bring up two points that are going to be addressed but that my limited media time haven’t come to yet:
Insurance. My husband brought up an interesting point last night, one that hadn’t occurred to me. If a woman lives in a state in which abortion is illegal and then travels to a state where she has a choice, will her health insurance refuse to cover the procedure?
Government assistance - the new laws are going to disproportionately hurt people of limited means. The System doesn’t encourage growth; in my own experience when looking for healthcare there was no sliding scale. I either earned less than $800/month or I got zero health benefits coverage. I needed a diagnosis so I could get decent treatment, and needed that health insurance. I couldn’t earn more and receive a smaller benefits package - all or none. How many people are going to be shamed by the media, politicians, and their communities because they are forced to receive assistance that they might not have before? How many people will have to put their educations and career paths on hold so that they don’t “go over” the maximum they’re allowed to earn? How many women are going to have to beg for welfare (I can’t speak for anyone else but I know that the State office made me feel dirty by the time I finished filing my application) while carrying and caring for the evidence of a rape? (And how many rapists, whose purpose was to humiliate, will add insult to injury by demanding paternal rights? Yes, it happens.)
While Connecticut remains a safe haven regarding reproductive rights (bless the officials I elected - #voteyourconscience)
In May, Governor Lamont signed Public Act 22-19, a first-in-the-nation law that protects medical providers and patients seeking abortion care in Connecticut who may be traveling from other states that have outlawed abortion. Additionally, the law expands abortion access in Connecticut by expanding the type of practitioners eligible to perform certain abortion-related care. (Governor Lamont Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade, 2022)
the country is splitting at its central seams right now.
Put your money where your conscience lies.
I'm proud of that bit of a reputation for boycotting companies whose ideals challenge mine. It’s a quiet. peaceful protest: when companies have been given the right to act in a manner that offends me, I have the right to spend my money elsewhere. It’s sometimes amazing how little money I have when I’m boycotting so many companies!
I also strongly support small businesses and companies who share my beliefs. I’ll share what I find; research calms me.
(Thirty years ago, I kept my animal rights Caring Consumer list in my bag at all times, and kept track of my receipts. I sent lists to companies I supported and companies I boycotted, to show how my little bit of financial revolution could cost a company when multiplied by the number of consumers it gained or lost. Snail mail. With the coupons I received from companies I supported, I broke even on the postage.)
By source:
from CBS News (Powell, 2021)
Lyft and Uber have vowed to provide legal support for drivers if they face lawsuits for driving passengers to get an abortion.
"This law is incompatible with people's basic rights to privacy, our community guidelines, the spirit of rideshare, and our values as a company," Lyft's co-founders and general counsel said in a statement. [...] Lyft also said it will donate $1 million to Planned Parenthood "to help ensure that transportation is never a barrier to healthcare access."
ABC News list
Amazon.com
Starbucks
Meta
JPMorgan Chase - link to article, first reported by CNBC (Son, 2022)
Tesla
Citigroup
Apple
Salesforce
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Yelp
Ellevest
Conde Nast will bolster health coverage to include travel expenses for those seeking an abortion.
Google memo on end of Roe v. Wade says employees may apply to relocate ‘without justification’ (Elias, 2022)
Reuters list
WALT DISNEY (DIS.N) The company said it will cover travel benefits for employees seeking family planning or reproductive care.
META PLATFORMS (META.O) The social media company said it intends to offer travel expense reimbursements, to the extent permitted by law, for employees who will need them to access out-of-state health care and reproductive services. “We are in the process of assessing how best to do so given the legal complexities involved.”
MICROSOFT (MSFT.O) The software giant reiterated that it would cover travel expense for abortion and other lawful medical services where access to care is limited in an employee’s home geographic region, a company spokesperson said.
CVS HEALTH (CVS.N) The company said it had made out-of-state care accessible for employees residing in states that have instituted laws that limit access. “With the new decision, we are evaluating how we can best support the coverage needs of colleagues, clients and customer.”
NETFLIX (NFLX.O) The streaming pioneer reiterated it offers a travel reimbursement coverage for full-time U.S. employees and their dependents who need to travel for abortion through its health plans. The coverage is a $10,000 lifetime allowance per employee and/or their dependents per service.
BUMBLE (BMBL.O) The dating app owner said it will continue to support its employees to get access to the healthcare services that they need.
UNITEDHEALTH (UNH.N) The largest U.S. health insurer said it was reviewing the court’s opinion.
BLOCK (SQ.N) The payments company will cover expenses for U.S. employees who must travel more than 100 miles for abortions, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The policy will come into effect starting July 1, according to the source. (Reuters, 2022)
USAToday list
Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air
Condé Nast
Dick's Sporting Goods
Goldman Sachs
Kroger
Meta
Microsoft
Southwest Airlines
TikTok
Walt Disney
United Airlines
Zillow (Buchwald, 2022)
Wall Street Journal list
Citigroup Inc.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Benoit, 2022)
Note: In Texas, laws punishing those for aiding and abetting individuals seeking abortion could complicate reimbursements. (Hetzner, 2022)
Here's a link to an interactive map, and a visual for those not in the USA of abortion laws by state. (Messerly, 2022)
References
Benoit, D. (2022). JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Other Big Banks Will Now Cover Travel Expenses for Employee Abortion. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/supreme-court-decision-roe-v-wade-6-24-2022/card/jpmorgan-joins-citigroup-in-covering-travel-expenses-for-employee-abortions.
Buchwald, E. (2022). Companies paying for abortion-related travel include Dick's Sporting Goods, Disney. Usatoday.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2022/06/24/companies-cover-abortion-travel-scotus/7725318001/.
Elias, J. (2022). Google memo on end of Roe v. Wade says employees may apply to relocate ‘without justification’. CNBC. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/24/google-memo-to-employees-on-roe-v-wade-overturn.html.
Governor Lamont Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade. CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. (2022). Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Press-Releases/2022/06-2022/Governor-Lamont-Statement-on-Supreme-Court-Decision-Overturning-Roe.
Hetzner, C. (2022). JPMorgan to reimburse staff's abortion-related travel. Fortune. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://fortune.com/2022/06/24/jpmorgan-abortion-travel-benefit-roe-v-wade-overturned-supreme-court/.
McGlauflin, P. (2022). Read the memos that Disney, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and more sent to staff regarding the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. Fortune. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://fortune.com/2022/06/25/read-memos-disney-jpmorgan-goldman-sachs-companies-sent-staff-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-decision/.
Messerly, M. (2022). Abortion laws by state: Where abortions are illegal after Roe v. Wade overturned. POLITICO. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/24/abortion-laws-by-state-roe-v-wade-00037695.
Powell, T. (2021). Uber and Lyft to cover legal fees of drivers sued under Texas abortion law. Cbsnews.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uber-lyft-cover-driver-legal-fees-sued-texas-abortion-law/.
Reuters. (2022). Factbox: Companies react to U.S. Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade. Reuters. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://www.reuters.com/world/us/companies-react-us-supreme-courts-ruling-overturning-roe-vs-wade-2022-06-24/.
Son, H. (2022). JPMorgan Chase tells employees the bank will pay for travel to states that allow abortion. CNBC. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/24/jpmorgan-tells-employees-the-bank-will-pay-for-travel-to-states-that-allow-abortion.html.
Zahn, M. (2022). Top companies respond to ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. ABC News. Retrieved 25 June 2022, from https://abcnews.go.com/Business/top-companies-respond-ruling-overturning-roe-wade/story?id=85656239.
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