Companies and economists from across the board are coming out to condemn the move, and it makes sense why.
For starters, corps are loathed to deal with conflicting laws across states. It makes their lives harder. Makes their insurance packages and incentives look less appealing in restrictive states, gives their HR headaches, and can become a policy nightmare depending on what the laws end up being. They’re also in a PR bind, and you’ve got some major brands out their moving to support their female workers (with a few in particular even saying they’ll fund travel for women who want abortions in other states).
The socioeconomic impact is also pretty well documented. Female spending power and job mobility tend to drop in areas where reproductive care options are more restricted, hitting poorer areas particularly hard. In fact, a non-partisan group of major economic leaders filed a friend of the court brief in support of Roe earlier in the year.
Make no mistake, the companies are not taking a moral stand, they don’t actually care. But when a decision looks like it will affect their bottom line and hiring power, then you know they’re going to go ham.
