Walmart, the nation’s largest employer, is expanding coverage for abortion and adoption following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
In a memo sent to employees Aug. 19, the company said its employee health care plans will now cover abortion “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability,” the Associated Press reported after viewing a copy of the memo.
“Travel support” also will be offered when abortion access is not available within a 100-mile radius of the worker’s location, according to the memo.
The company also said it will launch a center that provides fertility services to employees and increase its financial aid for adoptions from $5,000 to $20,000.
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