The U.S.’s largest employer, Walmart, is headquartered in Arkansas, where abortions are banned except in cases where the pregnant person’s life is threatened. The company will also start covering abortion-related travel costs for employees and covered family members if they are unable to obtain a legal abortion within 100 miles of where they live. Walmart will also launch a fertility services center and offer $20,000 in financial support for adoptions, up from $5,000. Previously, the Walmart employee handbook dictated that abortions were not covered ‘except when the health of the mother would be in danger if the fetus were carried to term, the fetus could not survive the birthing process, or death would be imminent after birth,’ CNBC notes. . . .
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