Why abortion rights are a workplace issue
by Sarah Todd
Published September 16, 2021
There are a lot of reasons to be worried about the state of reproductive rights in the US right now. A newly enacted Texas law known as SB8 effectively bans women’s access to abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and a number of other lawmakers in other states have vowed to introduce copycat bills that will allow them to do the same. Meanwhile, the state of Mississippi is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in an upcoming case.
Yet companies that otherwise tout progressive stances on American social issues have been largely silent on the issue. So women’s health advocates are trying to encourage business leaders to speak up based on the relatively new premise that reproductive rights are a workplace issue.
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