Businesses under pressure to speak out on abortion rights after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
A handful of business leaders quickly spoke out against the ruling on Friday, decrying it as abusive to women and pledging to aid workers who need help accessing abortion care.Outgoing Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said, "I cannot believe that I’m going to send my three daughters to college with fewer rights than I had," adding that the ruling "jeopardizes the health and the lives of millions of girls and women across the country.
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said the ruling "threatens to dismantle the progress we’ve made toward gender equality in the workplace since Roe." Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, said she's "angered and disgusted," calling the opinion "reckless" and saying it caters to "corporate interests while rolling back the rights of working people."
Levi Strauss said: "Protection of reproductive rights is a critical business issue impacting our workforce, our economy, and progress toward gender and racial equity. Given what is at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our employees."
Dating app OKCupid called on Instagram for people to "act now by calling your representatives and demanding freedom and choice. We have no choice but to fight!"
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