The Texas GOP is upset that Citi will provide travel benefits for employees seeking abortions.
Texas Republicans claim to be pro-business, but that apparently only applies when the business aligns with their conservative values. This week, banking titan Citigroup has faced the GOP’s wrath, with Texas politicians charging down the cancel-culture warpath.
At the center of the controversy is Citi’s apparent pro-choice stance. In the group’s annual proxy statement, Citi wrote in a letter to shareholders that they’d cover travel costs for employees living in“In response to changes in reproductive healthcare laws in certain states in the U.S., beginning in 2022 we provide travel benefits to facilitate access to adequate resources,” they wrote., Citi also plans to expand its gender affirmation medical coverage, according to the letter.
“It’s a criminal offense to ‘furnish the means for procuring an abortion knowing the purpose intended,’” state Rep. Matt Schaefer said in a Wednesday tweet. “See article 4512.2, Tx revised civil statutes. Punishable by 2–5 yrs prison per abortion. @Citibank officials need to check the law before paying for abortion expenses. #txlege.”
Also a per se breach of fiduciary duty to use corporate resources for illegal acts. Any shareholders interested in suing
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