Workers’ Abortion Privacy at Risk as Texas Targets Employer Aid

The threat of abortion-related legal liability in Texas has raised hard-to-answer questions about companies’ plans to help employees travel for out-of-state procedures—including how much sensitive employee information a company could be forced to disclose in court.

Following the US Supreme Court’s decision last month to strike down the constitutional right to abortion, 26 states have banned or are expected to ban most abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. In response, a long list of major US employers and large law firms announced they will provide travel reimbursement or other benefits to employees who ...