A number of companies in the tech industry and beyond have announced policies to cover costs for workers who need to travel to get abortion care. But that could prove to be more complicated than just offering up the money.
In offering to pay for workers who need to travel out of state to get an abortion, tech companies are only tackling the first of many challenges they will have to navigate in a post-Roe world.Tech companies have plenty of money to cover the costs of such travel, but will face much tougher decisions when it comes to expansion, locating conferences, which politicians to support as well as how to handle court orders for customer data by prosecutors.On Friday, the Supreme Court struck down Roe v.
A number of companies in the tech industry and beyond have announced or reiterated policies to cover both the travel and medical costs for workers who need to travel to another state to get abortion care. Some companies, such as Pittsburgh-based Duolingo, also warned that they may limit expansion in places that outlaw abortion., it's an issue sure to come up and companies typically obey lawful orders in the countries in which they do business.: A wide range of data could be sought by prosecutors, from purchases of pregnancy tests and ovulation kits on Amazon, to messaging data from Facebook, to location data from Google or cellular carriers.
That information could be subpoenaed by law enforcement, and pregnancy-related discrimination is still a big issue in the tech industry. Plus, it makes workers even more dependent on their employers and highlights a fresh challenge for freelancers and contractors who work for tech companies without full benefits.
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