Even before the Supreme Court officially struck down Roe v. Wade in late June, corporations were already announcing how they would come to the rescue. PayPal, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft and several other companies said they would expand their healthcare benefits for employees to cover travel to abortion clinics. Later, Lyft and Uber said they would back drivers with legal support if they were sued for transporting passengers to get an abortion. "Employers like us may be the last line of defense," one tech executive told the New York Times.
Companies have spent years saying something similar about another big issue: climate change. In the absence of strong federal policies, the private sector has insisted that it's stepping up with pledges to slash emissions and prevent catastrophic global warming.
