In the wake of Roe v. Wade, Walmart, who employs almost 1.6 million people across the U.S, announced changes to their healthcare plan in a recent memo sent to employees. According the the memo, abortion coverage will be expanded.
In a memo sent to employees on Friday, the company said its health care plans will now cover abortion for employees “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability.”
The new policy will also offer “travel support” for workers and dependents covered under their health care plans so they can access services that are not available within 100 miles of their locations, Donna Morris, the retailer’s chief people officer, said in the memo.
Walmart employs nearly 1.6 million people in the U.S. In Arkansas, where the company is based, abortion is banned under all circumstances unless the procedure is needed to protect the life of the mother in a medical emergency. There are no exceptions for rape or incest.
It is unclear if the changes will extend to elective abortions.
Walmart joins the following companies in paying for abortion related expenses and/or funding pro abortion organizations:
Accenture
Adobe
Airbnb
Alphabet (Google)
Amazon
Amalgamated Bank
Apple
Bank of America
BlackRock
The Body Shop
Box
Bumble
BuzzFeed
Cigna
Citigroup
CNN
Comcast
Condé Nast
CVS Health
Danone
DICK’S Sporting Goods
DoorDash
Discord
Duolingo
Estée Lauder
Expedia Group
Goldman Sachs Group
Hewlett Packard
H&M
Ikea US
Impossible Foods
The Interpublic Group of Companies
Intuit
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Kroger
Levi Strauss & Co.
Live Nation Entertainment
Lyft
New York Times
Nike
MasterCard
Match Group
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
Microsoft
Netflix
Nike
Nordstrom
Paramount Global
Patagonia
Paypal
Pricewaterhousecoopers
Procter & Gamble
Rivian
Salesforce
Sony Group Corporation
Starbucks Corporation
Target
Tesla
Uber
Vox Media
Walt Disney
Warner Bros. Discovery
Yelp
Yahoo
Zendesk
Zillow
