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Business Wars Daily

Retailers Promise Employees Abortion Assistance, But Critics Are Skeptical

Business Wars Daily

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Business, Business News, News, Daily News

4.6717 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today is Tuesday, July 5, and we're looking at Dick's Sporting Goods vs. Patagonia.

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Thank you. From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Awards Daily on this Tuesday, July 5th.

1:06.7

As the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade continues to affect the lives of people across the country,

1:12.3

we're continuing our week of stories exploring how businesses are responding to or meeting this moment.

1:18.0

The minute the Supreme Court overturned the landmark case, so-called trigger bans,

1:22.4

laws banning abortion that went into effect immediately upon Roe being overturned,

1:26.7

went into effect in six states.

1:29.3

Twenty-six states are expected to outlaw abortion, estimates, health policy, non-profit, the Gutmacher Institute.

1:36.2

Shortly after the ruling, a number of large companies announced they were offering financial assistance and other accommodations to employees who need to travel to get an abortion in another

1:44.7

state. Dick's sporting goods was one of those retailers, both CEO Lauren Hobart and executive

1:50.7

chairman Ed Stack, took to their LinkedIn profiles to announce that Dix would reimburse employees

1:56.2

up to $4,000 if they had to travel to another state to get a legal abortion.

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