Citi CEO Whisperer Nudges Wall Street Into Political Minefields

InsideCitigroup Inc., women across the bank were raising alarms.

It was months before the US Supreme Court announced it would revisit Roe v. Wade, the landmark precedent establishing a woman’s constitutional right to abortion. Yet across the country, states were pushing measures aimed at making the procedure illegal.

So near the end of last year, Citigroup quietly adopted a new policy to reassure worried employees. If it ever became necessary, the bank would pay for travel to a state where abortion is legal. Soon, Citigroup’s vow became national news -- and when word broke that the court was ...