An NBC News poll from September shows that 54% of Americans believe it should be legal to get an abortion in all or most instances.Ī few companies, however - mostly in the tech industry - have responded directly to the draft decision.Ĭrowd-sourced review site Yelp said in a statement Tuesday “overturning Roe v. Wade decision, versus 32% who would, according to the most recent Gallup poll available, which was conducted in May 2021. About 58% of Americans said they would not like to see the Supreme Court overturn its Roe v. Home Depot, for example, declined to comment through a spokesperson, saying “since this is a draft, it wouldn’t be appropriate for us to speculate on the court’s final ruling.” CVS Health, which owns thousands of drugstores and health insurer Aetna, said in a statement that it is “monitoring the situation closely and evaluating how we can best support the coverage needs of our colleagues, clients, and consumers.”īy staying quiet, companies may be courting a harsh response from customers and employees. Some companies said they’re taking a wait-and-see approach. “They would rather write mealy-mouthed, inconsequential, tedious working papers that don’t lead to any clear directives, so that the more you read, the less you know,” he said.
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Sonnenfeld said trade groups, historically the most powerful and safe way for companies to step out, have become “overly cautious” and “neutered” by professional staffs who ping-pong between lobbying jobs and don’t want to make waves. “Nobody wants to have 40% of the country mad at them.” So that is why they need to work collectively,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, professor and senior associate dean of the Yale School of Management. “There is no upside in speaking out alone on this. Plus, the harsh backlash against Disney and other companies that have recently taken a stand on social issues may be having a chilling effect. politics - and the leak has exacerbated passions just months before the midterm congressional elections. The ruling would permanently alter the health-care decisions of thousands of their employees and customers, but it’s also a divisive issue in U.S. The leaked Supreme Court decision is a draft, not the final decision that is expected around the end of June. The report has thrown companies into an unexpected and urgent communications challenge. The preliminary vote was first reported Monday night by Politico, which obtained the draft opinion.
Wade and nearly 50 years of abortion protection if the justices maintain their position when a decision becomes official. Chamber of Commerce, another leading voice for business in America, all declined to comment.Ĭompanies and major trade groups remained reticent to weigh in, even as the Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed the authenticity of a leaked draft of the majority opinion, which would toss out Roe v. The Business Roundtable, a trade group that’s made up of top CEOs, said in a statement that it “does not have a position on this issue.” Microsoft, JPMorgan and the U.S.
As protestors gathered and politicians scrambled to speak out, the country’s largest corporations remained largely silent Tuesday after a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision indicated that conservative justices are poised to overturn a landmark ruling that guarantees access to legal abortions.ĭozens of companies including Walmart, American Airlines and Disney have yet to issue statements or respond to CNBC requests for comment.