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Tesla has joined ranks with major companies offering travel compensation for employees seeking to get an abortion but live in states where they are banned.
The news comes days after supreme court documents were leaked indicating that Roe v. Wade would be overturned, striking down the nationwide right to an abortion and leaving the decision up to individual states.
In its 2021 Impact Report released on Friday, the electric-car company stated it had expanded its health coverings to include 'travel and lodging support for those who may need to seek healthcare services that are unavailable in their home state.'
Tesla moved its headquarters from California to Texas last year, a state where abortions after six weeks have been banned, and other states have already begun introducing restrictions on abortion.
Republican lawmakers have already begun battle with corporations providing abortion assistance to its employees, including Texas State Rep. Briscoe Cain, who said he is planning to propose legislation that would bar local government in Texas from dealing with businesses that offer such help.
Tesla has joined ranks with major companies offering travel compensation for employees seeking to get an abortion but live in states where they are banned
Musk Tweeted in September, 2021, that he preferred no to comment on politics, but that the government should largely stay out of peoples lives
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida introduced a bill on Wednesday that would prevent companies from claiming tax deductions for abortion assistance costs.
Musk has not commented on Tesla's new policy, but in September tweeted that he felt the government should 'rarely impose its will' on the people.
'In general, I believe government should rarely impose its will upon the people, and, when doing so, should aspire to maximize their cumulative happiness. That said, I would prefer to stay out of politics.'
The company joins a list of dozens that have made moves to provide assistance to employees in reaction to states maneuvering to block women's to access abortion.
The Supreme Court is poised to strike down the right to abortion in the US, according to a leaked draft of a majority opinion that would shred 50 years of constitutional protections
Pro-choice activists remained outside the Supreme Court into Tuesday morning, hours after the bombshell Monday night report
More than 50 American companies have begun offering
