In a letter posted to the New York Times, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and 180 other business leaders stated their belief that recent abortion bans are “bad for business.”
“When everyone is empowered to succeed, our companies, our communities and our economy are better for it,” the letter reads. “Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion…impairs our ability to build diverse and inclusive workforce pipelines, recruit top talent across the states, and protect the well-being of all the people who keep our businesses thriving day in and day out.
“The future of gender equality hangs in the balance, putting our families, communities, businesses and the economy at risk,” it concluded.
Other businesses who signed the letter, titled “Don’t Ban Equality”, include Bloomberg L.P., Yelp, and Square. According to the Christian Post, nearly 110,000 estimated workers are employed by these companies. The letter comes in response to several states passing restrictive abortion bills in recent months, including Alabama, Missouri and Georgia. Several companies, including Disney, WarnerMedia and Netflix, have threatened to leave Georgia for its new abortion ban.
Pro-life supporters took to Twitter to respond.
“How is protecting the inherent dignity of the human person from the moment of conception ‘bad for…
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