Backlash to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade has gone fast through US. Nearly 30mn women between 15 and 44 live in states that have prohibited or will ban abortion. Economists warn that abortion prohibitions will hurt economically vulnerable women. Economists and reproductive policy experts warn that abortion prohibitions will hurt … Read more
Following Roe v. Wade ruling, businesses are fast to create policies offering abortion aid. Many gave travel reimbursement, but few provided details on how employees may take use of this. They are free to seek medical treatment in any state in the union with this money. Following last month’s Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe … Read more
Sumayyah Waheed is senior policy counsel at US civil rights group Muslim Advocates. Abortion clinics are to cancel appointments and in some cases shut down. Civil rights groups have mounted emergency petitions to try to stop or at least delay the end of services. Sumayyah Waheed calls her present state of mind “grim determination”. Waheed, … Read more
Friday, Meta instructed its employees not to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. Messages in team discussions that violated the policy were deleted, according to The New York Times. A Meta software engineer stated on LinkedIn that the policy “explicitly disallows” the topic of abortion. The New York Times stated that Meta … Read more
US senators say Brett Kavanaugh & Neil Gorsuch lied on Roe vs Wade. Both judges voted to overturn the landmark decision by the US Supreme Court. Manchin was a sole Democrat to support Kavanaugh in the 2018 confirmation battle. Both Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch voted to overturn Roe vs Wade, and on Friday, two … Read more
Executives are caught between their fear of reprisals and employees’ reliance on employer-provided health care. Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to Politico in April, giving firms ample time to prepare. Firms including Bank of America have labelled the topic of abortion “fraught” or “tough”. The Supreme Court’s revocation of the constitutional right … Read more
