{"id":1393815,"date":"2022-03-22T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393815"},"modified":"2022-03-22T10:59:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:59:37","slug":"investment-bank-will-pay-travel-expenses-so-employees-can-get-abortions-more-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/investment-bank-will-pay-travel-expenses-so-employees-can-get-abortions-more-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment Bank Will Pay Travel Expenses So Employees Can Get Abortions More Easily"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finvestment-bank-will-pay-travel-expenses-so-employees-can-get-abortions-more-easily%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/10\/87DE9EBB-A3A5-4885-B457-D477413B4965_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Investment bank Citigroup will pay travel expenses for employees seeking abortions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Citigroup wrote in a financial <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/0000831001\/000120677422000697\/citi3969751-def14a.htm\"><span>filing<\/span><\/a><span> for its shareholders\u2019 meeting next month that \u201cin response to changes in reproductive healthcare laws in certain states in the U.S., beginning in 2022 we provide travel benefits to facilitate access to adequate resources.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The statement appeared in a section entitled \u201cCompensation and Human Capital Management Highlights\u201d \u2014 one paragraph below an affirmation that Citigroup believes \u201call parents deserve time to adjust to parenthood and bond with the newest member of their family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A person with knowledge of the matter told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-03-16\/citi-to-cover-staff-travel-for-abortions-as-states-limit-access?sref=MTy2GeXk\"><span>Bloomberg<\/span><\/a><span> that the policy will cover expenses \u2014 such as airfare and lodging \u2014 that may be incurred for employees in places like Texas who may have to travel for an abortion. Bloomberg also pointed out that other large corporations \u2014 including Match, Bumble, Lyft, and Uber \u2014 are devoting resources to oppose the Texas Heartbeat Act, which attempts to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/in-response-to-texas-abortion-law-dating-app-creates-pro-choice-badge-option\"><span>ban<\/span><\/a><span> abortion at about six weeks gestation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the Supreme Court considers arguments for <\/span><i><span>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/span><\/i><span> \u2014 which pertains to a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks gestation \u2014 Texas approved a law last summer that would end abortion in Texas if the Supreme Court reverses <\/span><i><span>Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i><span>. The legislation recognizes that Texas never reversed statutes \u201cthat prohibit and criminalize abortion unless the mother\u2019s life is in danger\u201d following the 1973 case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>State Rep. Bryan Slaton (R-TX), however, notes that the bill does not save any babies from abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe truth is, the likelihood of the Supreme Court overturning <\/span><i><span>Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i><span> is slim to none, which means the trigger bill will not actually save any human lives,\u201d he told The Daily Wire. \u201cIn order to end the outright murder of innocent children, States must be willing to stand up and ban it with or without the Court\u2019s permission.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Slaton filed the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/texas-is-a-free-and-independent-state-texas-rep-introduces-bill-to-ban-abortion\"><span>Abolition of Abortion through Equal Protection for All Unborn Children Act<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d on July 8 to invoke Texan state sovereignty and immediately end abortion. He told The Daily Wire last year that he was \u201csaddened\u201d by lack of support for his legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Citing the Texas Constitution \u2014 which declares that \u201cTexas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States\u201d \u2014 Slaton\u2019s bill affirms that \u201cthe sanctity of innocent human life created in the image of God, which should be equally protected from fertilization to natural death.\u201d The legislation would thus \u201censure the right to life and equal protection of the laws to all unborn children from the moment of fertilization\u201d and \u201crescind all licenses to kill unborn children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/were-willing-to-lay-our-lives-down-inside-the-effort-to-save-babies-at-planned-parenthoods-front-doors\"><span>Jon Speed<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 a pastor who serves as Texas representative for the ministry <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endabortionnow.com\/\"><span>End Abortion Now<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 argued that the law to end abortion only if <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> is overturned is \u201ctoothless.\u201d He claimed that the governor \u201cnever lifted a finger\u201d to support bills from the previous legislative session that would have immediately abolished abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe current heartbeat bill and other typically pro-life efforts in Texas are being met with a collective yawn by the pro-choice industry,\u201d he told The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investment bank Citigroup will pay travel expenses for employees seeking abortions.Citigroup wrote in a financial filing for its shareholders\u2019 meeting next month that \u201cin response to changes in reproductive healthcare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1393815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1393815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1393815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1393815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}