Corporate America, critical of restrictive voting bills, remains largely silent on Texas abortion ban

Lack of reaction contrasts with companies’ objections to restrictive voting bills earlier this year

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September 4, 2021 at 9:24 a.m. EDT

After Texas’s 6-week abortion ban went in to effect, other Republican-led states implemented similar laws to spur test cases for challenging Roe v. Wade. (Video: Blair Guild/The Washington Post)

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An array of large American companies with ties to Texas have declined to stake out a position on the state’s strict new abortion ban, a stark contrast with corporate America’s recent willingness to speak out on racial justice, voting rights and other polarizing social issues.

Texas-based American Airlines and Dell Technologies, which earlier this year criticized Republican-led attempts to restrict voting access in Texas and other states, have remained silent since the state implemented the abortion ban this week, following the Supreme Court’s decision not to block it.