Buffer Insurance condemned the response of “secular” companies to the end of Roe v. Wade, pledging instead to support female workers who become pregnant and even cover the cost of childbirth. The Texas-based company promised to offer maternity and paternity leave to employees who have children, as well as cover the costs of childbirth for their employees. The company also promised to help employees seeking to adopt children. “Secular companies pay travel expenses for employees to abort babies out of state,” Buffer wrote in a Facebook post. “Today we’re announcing that Buffer will pay expenses for our employees who have babies.” “Employers: If you want to know how you can provide these benefits to your employees, let us know. We have ready-to-use policies that you can add to your employee handbooks,” the company continued. ALASKA AIRLINES, DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, JPMORGAN, DISNEY AND OTHERS THAT COVER ABORTION TRAVEL EXPENSES The move comes as many companies have condemned the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe. Some have gone so far as to cover the costs of their female employees working in Republican-controlled states who have to cross state lines to get an abortion. LIZZO AND LIVE NATION JOIN FORCES AND PLEDGE $1 MILLION TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFTER ROE V. WADE REVERSAL Apple, Disney, Patagonia, Microsoft and Tesla are just a few of the companies that have vowed to help their employees circumvent abortion bans. Abortion has an unclear legal status in Texas, where Buffer is based. The state has an abortion-enabling law that would outlaw the vast majority of procedures, but it isn’t set to go into effect until 30 days after the Supreme Court issues its decision overturning Roe. The court announced its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson in late June, but is not expected to issue a formal decision before late July. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT FOX BUSINESS Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried to ban midterm abortions through a pre- Roe law on the Texas books. A judge temporarily blocked enforcement of that law last week, following a lawsuit by the ACLU, which argued the law had been repealed and is unenforceable.
