Texas AG “Looking At” Fining Corporations $100,000 Each Time They Pay An Employee For Abortion Travel

Yahoo News reports:

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton says he is planning to prosecute corporations that pay for employees to travel interstate to access abortion care. “It’s actually a new concept for us — these corporations deciding to pay for people to go get their abortions,” Mr Paxton said in an interview with NewsNation.

He said the penalties for businesses that support their employees having abortions could be in excess of $100,000. “We’re looking at that literally as we speak,” he said.

Dozens of American companies including Disney, Apple, JP Morgan Chase, Adidas and Airbnb are guaranteeing abortion benefits for their employees in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court voting to overturn Roe v Wade.

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