Many Fortune 100 companies offer paid “abortion travel” benefits but do not openly share childcare benefits, a report released Tuesday found.
At least 42 Fortune 100 companies such as Walmart, Amazon and Walt Disney publicly state that they cover the costs for employees to travel out-of-state to receive abortions, yet only 22 openly mention their childcare benefits, according to a report by the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Many companies also offer assistance for alternative family options, such as surrogacy and in vitro fertilization (IVF), which may incentivize employees to delay parenthood.
“[A] significant number of these corporations have simultaneously begun promoting and incentivizing options such as surrogacy, in vitro fertilization, egg freezing, and travel for abortions—options that encourage female employees in particular to postpone or even forego motherhood…
