The most common non-medical reasons that pregnant people seek abortions include financial concerns, timing, partner-related considerations, and the need to care for existing children. 64% of surveyed women who sought an abortion cited more than one of these motivations. However, birthing parents may also need the procedure for medical reasons, also called termination for medical reasons (TFMR).

Part-time employment contributes heavily to gender inequities and overall inequality, since most part-time workers are women and since most part-time jobs don’t come with benefits packages. Women are more likely to work part-time because they are often burdened with greater domestic and child-rearing responsibilities than men. Providing health benefits to part-time employees can go a long way toward lessening the gender pay gap.

As we settle into a post-Roe world, we need to start pressing employers like Certified B Corporations to be transparent about these details. Vulnerable workers — the lowest-paid, hourly employees who tend to be People of Color — are at greatest risk of not having access to these benefits. They are also the population most in need of access to these benefits.

When Roe v. Wade was overturned in June of 2022, it led not only to national alarm concerning women’s reproductive rights, but to state control of abortion laws and increased impact of related employer policies. Because employers, not government agencies, largely control the health benefits that determine worker access to affordable healthcare in the US, they play a crucial role in the quality of reproductive health services that Americans receive.