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Starbucks on Monday said it will cover travel expenses for U.S. employees seeking abortions but who do not have access within 100 miles of their home.
The Hyde Amendment does allow for federal funds to be spent on abortions if continuing a pregnancy endangers the life of the mother or if the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest.
Starbucks has 240,000 U.S. employees; it was not immediately clear what percentage of them are enrolled in the company's health care plan. Starbucks will cover travel for workers seeking abortions ...
Greene said her fund collaborates with others to try to cover costs. The New Jersey Abortion Access Fund responded to the National Abortion Federation's cuts by increasing what it sends every week to a solidarity fund to help people seeking abortions from other states to $5,000 from $3,000, said Quadira Coles, the group's president.
Abortion in the U.S. state of Virginia is legal up to the end of the second trimester of a pregnancy. [1] Before the year 1900, abortion remained largely illegal in Virginia, reflecting a widespread trend in many U.S. states during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Abortion was viewed as a criminal act and subject to state laws that prohibited it.
Starbucks will pay the travel expenses for employees seeking an abortion or gender-affirming procedures when those services are unavailable within 100 miles.
The Hyde Amendment bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion except to save the life of the pregnant woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape. [13] [14] Before the Hyde Amendment took effect in 1980, an estimated 300,000 abortions were performed annually using federal funds. [15]
The group has also been involved in legislative and judicial actions to prevent late-term abortions. Between 1997 and 2000, AUL worked with state attorneys general across the U.S. on partial birth abortion legislation. [6] The group supported the passage of legislation in Virginia, banning a late-term abortion procedure. [7]