Pushback against companies saying restricting abortion is ‘bad for business’

A letter from 180 companies calling abortion restrictions “bad for business” has received significant push back from pro-life voices.

The letter published in a full page ad in the New York Times last week says: “Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health, independence and economic stability of our employees and customers. Simply put, it goes against our values and is bad for business.”

It adds, “The future of gender equality hangs in the balance, putting our families, communities, businesses and the economy at risk.”

But pro-lifers have criticised the businesses for coming down on the side of abortion. Pro-Life Action League tweeted: “You know what’s REALLY bad for business? Literally killing people. First comes moral suicide, followed by intellectual suicide, and then economic suicide.”

March for Life President Jeanne Mancini said: “How is protecting the inherent dignity of the human person from the moment of conception ‘bad for business’? Perhaps the better question is what is the ‘value’ of human life to these business leaders?”

Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, said it was not “healthcare” to end the lives of unborn babies. “So it’s ‘better for business’ to kill off future generations of customers? Murdering a child in the womb isn’t, has never been, and will never be, ‘healthcare,'” she said.

Republican Senator Marco Rubio accused the businesses of double standards. “170 CEOs sign letter calling abortion a ‘human right’ & condemning laws passed by democratically elected U.S. legislatures,” he tweeted. “Ironically they have no problem doing business with serial human rights violating authoritarians all over the world.”