Starbucks to cover abortion travel expenses

Starbucks said Monday it will pay the travel expenses for U.S. employees to access abortion and gender-confirmation procedures if those services aren’t available within 100 miles of a worker’s home.

The Seattle coffee giant said it will also make the travel benefit available to the dependents of employees who are enrolled in Starbucks’ health care plan.

Starbucks has 240,000 U.S. employees but the company didn’t say what percentage of them are enrolled in its health care plan.

Starbucks is among the most high-profile companies to have adopted a travel benefit in the wake of a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court that would abolish the nationwide right to abortion.

Amazon is also covering up to $4,000 for employees seeking non-lifethreatening medical treatments.