{"id":2591397,"date":"2022-06-24T22:58:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T04:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/?p=2591397"},"modified":"2022-08-30T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:55:07","slug":"patagonia-will-pay-bail-for-employees-arrested-in-abortion-protests-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/business-journal\/issues\/patagonia-will-pay-bail-for-employees-arrested-in-abortion-protests-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Patagonia to Pay Bail for Employees Arrested in Abortion Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outdoor apparel brand Patagonia has pledged to support employees who plan to protest today\u2019s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn<\/a>\u00a0the constitutional right to abortion care.<\/p>\n

Earlier today, Patagonia said it would pay bail for any full- or part-time workers who \u201cpeacefully protest for reproductive justice.\u201d The brand published the news on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Company spokesperson J.J. Huggins told Axios<\/em><\/a> that the company has had the bail policy in place \u201cfor many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe company will post bail for an employee who has previously taken a nonviolent civil-disobedience class and is subsequently arrested while peacefully protesting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court overturned the 50-year-old abortion precedent in a six-three decision on Friday. The 1973 landmark case, Roe v. Wade<\/em>, established the constitutional right for women to seek abortion in all 50 states. The controversial ruling gives individual states the power to establish their own abortion laws. Current predictions peg half of all states to outlaw or severely restrict abortion as a result of the court\u2019s decision, which would cut off millions of women from reproductive health care.<\/p>\n

In its release, Patagonia also pledged to pay for airfare, lodging, and meal expenses for staff on its health care plan who need to travel to a different state to undergo abortion procedures. Its health care plan already covers the cost of abortion care, the company said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaring for employees extends beyond basic health insurance, so we take a more holistic approach to coverage and support overall wellness to which every human has a right,\u201d the company said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThat means offering employees the dignity of access to reproductive health care. It means supporting employees\u2019 choices around if or when they have a child. It means giving parents the resources they need to work and raise children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patagonia joins a growing number of companies<\/a> pledging to cover travel expenses for employees who live in states that outlaw abortion: Apple, Cond\u00e9 Nast, Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods, Disney, Mastercard, Meta, Netflix, Starbucks, Tesla, Zillow, and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The apparel manufacturer also joins a growing number of companies that have pledged to cover costs for employees who must now travel across state lines for abortion care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124378,"featured_media":2591398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"uuid":"34ae03a069ea4ab3600f488b70d7ee63","footnotes":""},"categories":[6173],"tags":[3312],"byline":[1310],"ad_cat":[],"legacy-category":[],"class_list":["post-2591397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-issues","tag-patagonia","cluster-outside-business-journal","byline-frederick-dreier"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Patagonia to Pay Bail for Employees Arrested in Abortion Protests","url":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/business-journal\/issues\/patagonia-will-pay-bail-for-employees-arrested-in-abortion-protests-2\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/business-journal\/issues\/patagonia-will-pay-bail-for-employees-arrested-in-abortion-protests-2\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Patagonia-2.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Patagonia-2.jpg"},"articleSection":"Issues","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"objmigrationbot"}],"creator":["objmigrationbot"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Online","logo":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/favicon-194x194-1.png"},"keywords":["patagonia"],"dateCreated":"2022-06-25T04:58:42Z","datePublished":"2022-06-25T04:58:42Z","dateModified":"2022-08-30T22:55:07Z"},"rendered":"