After Sony reportedly blocked abortion statements, PlayStation studios take pro-choice stance amid Roe v Wade turnover

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Just over a month after Sony reportedly blocked its studios from issuing public statements on abortion, multiple companies within PlayStation Studios have shared pro-choice sentiments following the turnover of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court. 

Insomniac (opens in new tab) was the first PlayStation studio to release a statement on Twitter, simply noting that "reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy are human rights." Bend Studio (opens in new tab), Media Molecule (opens in new tab), Sucker Punch (opens in new tab), and Guerrilla (opens in new tab) were right behind it with identical verbiage, and Naughty Dog (opens in new tab) released a longer but tonally similar statement shortly after. 

Branch studios like Sony San Diego (opens in new tab) and God of War studio Sony Santa Monica (opens in new tab) also shared strikingly similar messages, which would suggest that at least the base wording was shared across PlayStation and potentially Sony as a whole. Even PlayStation London (opens in new tab) – you guessed it, not a US-based branch – mirrored the statement, which supports the theory that it was cleared internally. 

Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann also posted a receipt – which was shared by the studio's main Twitter account – for a $10,000 donation to NARAL Pro-Choice America, thanking PlayStation for matching 50% of it to the tune of $5,000. 

I support NARAL in access to reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. If you have the means, please join me in volunteering or donating. And thank you to PlayStation for the generous match. https://t.co/QLEZiobOFw pic.twitter.com/KJT3EmpmAOJune 24, 2022

This echoes the circumstances of a previous donation from Insomniac Games, which sent $50,000 to abortion nonprofit