Real Salt Lake and the Utah Royals teams say they will reimburse employees up to $4,000 if employees seek abortions or other out-of-state medical care that is unavailable in Utah.
SANDY — The Utah Royals will bring professional women's soccerin 2024, and has promised to help cover costs of getting out-of-state abortion care for all club employees.
The policy applies to employees for the Royals and Real Salt Lake, both of which are owned by Utah Soccer LLC. "For all employees enrolled in our benefits plan, we have had a policy in place where if there is a medical procedure that is not provided in the state of Utah, we will provide a reimbursement of up to $4,000 toward travel and lodging costs," a club spokesman said in a statement to KSL.com.last summer, National Women's Soccer League officials said reproductive rights would be considered in future expansion discussions.
"It's something that we look at not only for expansion teams, but for our incumbent teams. And we have various markets where women's health and medical rights and resources are compromised and limited that it's our responsibility at the league office to the extent permitted by law to provide tools and resources for our players to have their medical needs met," Commissioner Jessica Berman said Saturday.
"We have those safety nets and systems in place through the league office where players can have their medical needs addressed even if they have to leave the market and we are here to support them to the extent that's necessary. And we know that the ownership group here is aligned to ensure that that's the case," she said.
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