Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony, Meta and several major media and entertainment companies said they will cover travel costs for employees seeking abortions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (Variety)
While several entertainment companies are headquartered in Southern California, many have offices and production facilities across the country. States like Georgia have become huge hubs for film and TV production—but have also presented challenges to employers when the state has considered restricting abortion. (LA Times / Company Town)
The Court’s decision was unusual because it was already known. Politico rattled the country last month by reporting on a draft opinion for the case, written by Justice Samuel Alito, that ran nearly 100 pages. Longtime court watchers were stunned by the story, since there was no precedent for leaking an entire draft opinion to the media well in advance of a decision being announced. (NYT)
Meta told its workers on Friday not to openly discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion on wide-reaching communication channels inside the company, people with knowledge of the situation said. (NYT)
One of the BBC’s most high-profile presenters has been criticized for using the term “pro-life” to describe anti-abortion campaigners in a discussion about the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. The term, which is considered partisan, was used twice by Amol Rajan during Saturday morning’s Today program on Radio 4. (The Guardian)
The Onion, increasingly less a satire publication and more a ruthless analyzer of current events, lambasted the Supreme Court over its 5-4 reversal of Roe v. Wade Friday by filling its homepage with scathingly mock headlines it deemed now possible after the ruling. (TheWrap)