Companies fill the void as states restrict abortion rights
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The jolting leak of a Supreme Court draft overturning the right to abortion could spur more companies to quietly subsidize employees who need to travel for the procedure,
"There's still a lot of stigma around abortion — it's not something employees feel comfortable requiring of their employers," Alina Salganicoff, senior vice president and director of Women's Health Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told CBS MoneyWatch. "Some may make the decision to do this but not announce it," she added of covering travel and related costs for employees without nearby options.
The initial opinion signed by Justice Samuel Alito and published by Politico late Monday was reportedly circulated among the justices in February, and is still subject to change. It indicated that a majority of justices voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling legalizing a woman's choice to have an abortion.
