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Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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Post by sJ646U9k6c6gME9 »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #8
lettergram wrote: post #6

I wonder if this is a business decision that has shown it could be profitable. I can imagine people without kids work more hours. Then again, they have a lot less to lose. Interesting business decision. The question I have, some states are going to call abortion murder and charge it as such. Is Google aiding and abetting a homicide?

I assumed it was a decision relating to a woman's reproductive rights. To suggest it is a business decision is sort of debasing?

For-profit companies don’t care about anyone’s rights. To believe otherwise is naive.

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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galangalalgol wrote: post #2

When TX first passed its law that allowed anyone to sue individuals that had or aided an abortion, Apple offered to pay for transport and the procedure for anyone at its new Austin campus. https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/09/17/apple-is-monitori...

Honestly, Apple should be dialing down investment in Texas.

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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Post by JKCalhoun »

sJ646U9k6c6gME9 wrote: post #11
JKCalhoun wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assumed it was a decision relating to a woman's reproductive rights. To suggest it is a business decision is sort of debasing?

For-profit companies don’t care about anyone’s rights. To believe otherwise is naive.

I disagree.

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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Post by tjr225 »

sJ646U9k6c6gME9 wrote: post #11
JKCalhoun wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assumed it was a decision relating to a woman's reproductive rights. To suggest it is a business decision is sort of debasing?

For-profit companies don’t care about anyone’s rights. To believe otherwise is naive.

Google cares about attracting and retaining smart people. Smart people generally respect reproductive rights. So I guess in some ways you are correct, but not in the way your response to the person you are responding to would imply.

What is interesting is that I guess the average google employee is in a good enough position in life to either afford birth control, get an abortion if they need one, or simply figure out how to make an unwanted pregnancy a good situation for their family. So I’m not really sure how this helps their employees other than making them look like they care about the most recent dramatic thing.

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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Post by aaomidi »

sJ646U9k6c6gME9 wrote: post #11
JKCalhoun wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assumed it was a decision relating to a woman's reproductive rights. To suggest it is a business decision is sort of debasing?

For-profit companies don’t care about anyone’s rights. To believe otherwise is naive.

Sure, but having stressed employees doesn't make a profitable company.
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