The companies paying travel costs for abortions: Tesla, Amazon, Citi on small but growing list

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Texas-based Tesla Inc. is among a small but growing number of U.S. companies offering to cover travel costs for employees who need to cross state lines for medical care, including an abortion.

Companies are offering these benefits as the landscape of state and federal abortion policy in America is shifting. Texas implemented the country’s strictest abortion law last November when it banned abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and deputized citizens to enforce the rule. Other states including Idaho, Florida and Oklahoma have passed laws in recent months tightening access to the procedure.

Earlier this week, a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicated the court may be preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 precedent that established a constitutional right to an abortion.

The 67-page draft, first reported on Monday by Politico, declared that Roe was “egregiously wrong and deeply damaging.”

Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement Tuesday that the draft, written in February, wasn’t necessarily the final resolution in the case. The court is expected to issue its opinion by the end of June or early July.

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