Abortion Travel Benefit Deemed Safest as Part of Health Coverage

Companies that want to provide travel benefits for abortion services should include them in their health plans, rather than separately, legal experts say.

That advice is coming from many employee benefit attorneys as more companies like Walmart offer travel coverage to employees in states where abortions are restricted following the US Supreme Court’s June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned a federal constitutional right to abortions.

Walmart said Aug. 19 it is expanding its travel benefit so that employees and their family members can access covered services that aren’t available within 100 miles. ...