Other Wall Street firms, including J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs, have announced similar measures after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that guaranteed a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.

A Blackstone spokesperson confirmed its new policy in a statement to Reuters. Carlyle Chief Executive Kewsong Lee notified staff about the new benefit in a memo on Monday, a spokesperson said.

(Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York; Editing by Richard Chang)