Abortion advocates protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on the 26th (local time), two days following the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling that guaranteed abortion. Archyde.com Yonhap News
Archyde.com reported on the 26th (local time) that companies that decided to subsidize the cost of expatriate abortion procedures for their employees in response to the US Supreme Court’s repeal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the right to abortion might face lawsuits, Archyde.com reported on the 26th (local time).
Walt Disney, PayPal, Alaska Airlines, insurance group Signa, and media group Cond Nast, etc., on the 24th, when the Supreme Court overturned a ruling that guaranteed the right to abortion, employees living in states that prohibit abortion became pregnant in another state. He said he would subsidize the cost of having a discontinuation procedure. According to the Supreme Court ruling, 26 out of 50 states in the United States are expected to ban abortions, so they will cover related expenses through workplace health insurance. Amazon, Apple, Lyft, Microsoft, and JP Morgan prepared such support policies before the Supreme Court decision.
Robin Pretwell Wilson, a law professor at the University of Illinois, told Archyde.com that it is only a matter of time before companies supporting expedition abortion procedures get caught up in lawsuits brought by the state or anti-abortion groups. Just as you might be sued if you cross the state border with a woman who wants abortion, it means that companies that pay for expeditionary abortion can also be sued.
In a letter to Lyft chief executive Logan Green last month, Republican lawmakers from the Texas state legislature said the state would “take swift and decisive action” if Rift implements an abortion support policy. Republican legislators earlier warned Citigroup in March to be careful not to violate a Texas law that bans abortion. Republican legislators are also pushing for a bill that would ban businesses that support expeditionary abortion procedures from doing business in Texas.
Experts point out that most large corporations that support expedition abortion procedures can be protected by the ‘Employers’ Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)’ enacted in 1974. The law prohibits the state from interfering with the coverage of employer-funded occupational health insurance.
However, ERISA is not a complete shield. Most small businesses offer their employees health insurance products from private insurers, which are regulated by state law, not ERISA. Also, if states that prohibit abortion apply criminal laws that make it a crime to assist or solicit expedition surgery, it is impossible to prevent this with ERISA. This might expose businesses to the risk of criminal prosecution by the state and state prosecutors, Archyde.com reported.
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