Pure evil

It's been a long time since corporations adhered to Milton Friedman's assertion of why they exist: to show a return on investment to their owners. We've watched as they've gone all in on environmental suck-up-ism, panting like lapdogs as government told them to bend over backwards and forego efficiency in the name of reducing carbon emissions and "investing" in alternative energy forms and materials. We've watched as they've set up diversity-and-inclusion offices and affinity groups.

But getting on board with the extermination of fetal post-Americans?

Yup. It's here.

Abortion is good for business, according to a new report lauded by the media. But its argument fails to address a few key points, namely that a woman’s worth far exceeds her economic output and that abortion destroys millions of future employees and consumers.
On January 21, Rhia Ventures released a report called Hidden Value: The Business Case for Reproductive Health. The self-described social investment company that promotes “Women’s Reproductive Health” partnered with consulting firm FSG in an attempt to stress the “link between access to reproductive health care and business performance” by showing “why and how access to comprehensive reproductive health care is important to a company’s bottom line.”
Both the media and major companies appear to be taking it seriously.
For its findings, the report interacted with 39 companies, including 24 companies in the Fortune 500, and relied on research, including from the firm PerryUndem. It compiled five reasons why “reproductive health care should be a priority” for businesses: Attracting talent, keeping talent, offering “high-impact benefits” with “low-cost investments,” promoting diversity and inclusion, and preparing for scrutiny by Americans. 

That’s because Americans want abortion and the risks are actually “overstated for companies taking a public stand,” the report – in which companies notably remained anonymous – insisted. 

In their coverage, media outlets accepted the report without question. One Forbes headline declared, “Employees Want Reproductive Care. Smart Firms Will Ensure They Get It.”
Contributor Janet Burns wrote about the report that “offers practical insights” and “shows how much US workers value their reproductive care options, and how much employers stand to benefit, and save, by providing them.”
Rewire’s piece – by Equity Forward advisor Mary Alice Carter, Tara Health Foundation director Jen Stark, and UltraViolet director Sonja Spoo – agreed on “Why Businesses Should Support Reproductive Rights.”

Carter, Spoo, and Stark (who contributed to the report itself) pointed to businesses’ growing interest in abortion, from Netflix, Disney, WarnerMedia, and NBCUniversal opposing Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law to an ad published last year in The New York Times listing more than 180 business leaders declaring their support of abortion. 

One to keep an eye on. This poses problems for investors. Do I want any portion of my IRA making money for me through the promotion of popping holes in people's skulls and vacuuming their brains out?