Many are planning ahead of an expected SCOTUS decision.
This week's newsletter is written by CNBC Make It work editor Hanna Howard. You can follow Hanna on Twitter @_hannahoward. Following the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, organizations and businesses have begun to prepare for a future in which access to abortion care is increasingly restricted. For some, though, planning for that future started well in advance of the Supreme Court leak. As Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson told my colleague Morgan Smith recently, the organization has "been planning for this moment for years. For a long time, people did not actually believe that Roe v. Wade could ever be overturned, but the right to abortion has always been vulnerable and could always be taken away." Planned Parenthood is currently focused on boosting abortion access in states where it is expected to remain legal, with efforts including increasing staffing and funding for centers in states that border those where the procedure will be restricted. And those preparations extend past health-care organizations. Recently companies like Yelp, Apple and Citi have announced expanded benefits that cover employees' travel costs to obtain an abortion not available in their state of residence — and more businesses could follow if Roe is overturned.
Following the company's announcement, executives at Yelp received an "outpouring" of messages from leaders at other businesses asking them "how to do the same," Miriam Warren, Yelp's chief diversity officer, told CNBC Make It. |
"They want to know how the benefit works, what employees' feedback has been, everything right down to the brass tacks," she said. "Many companies, like ours, are thinking about abortion care, and thinking really hard about it — not just how to safeguard employees' right to health care, but what it means as a brand to stand up for this right." Beyond benefits, many companies may be facing demands from employees and consumers to take a public stance on abortion rights. "I'm convinced that organizations are going to do their best to avoid making any public statements, because it is such a divisive issue," Johnny C. Taylor Jr., the president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, said. "You might see some larger companies take a stance, but we forget that most companies in America are small and medium-sized … and we're not seeing any indication that those CEOs are willing to do this, and risk losing talent or customers." But as businesswoman and philanthropist Tory Burch pointed out to Smith, business leaders have an immense opportunity in having platforms of great influence. "Being in a leadership role is a balance, but that said, I tend not to be able to be silent on issues around humanity," she said. "Politics is one thing, and sometimes there's a gray area, but issues of humanity are where having a platform, being able to use our business to have a voice for people who don't have one and help in some way, is a privilege." Share your thoughts with us at askmakeit@cnbc.com |
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