Employers Offering Abortion Coverage Seek Agencies’ Protection

Two employer business groups are asking government agencies for guidance that would provide them protection against states seeking to block them from covering abortion services after the US Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

Employers are increasingly worried they could face civil penalties or even criminal charges for actions they are contemplating to provide abortion access to their employees. Texas and Oklahoma have enacted laws that make it illegal to aid or abet an abortion.

Human resources officials and other company executives worry they could run afoul of such laws, and lawyers who work with company plans say ...