Certain Affinity will help staff relocate from areas that restrict abortion, trans rights
Texas-based developer Certain Affinity has pledged to help staff relocate from areas that restrict access to essential care ahead of a potential supreme court ruling that could allow several states to ban access to abortion.
Sharing an internal email on Twitter, Certain Affinity CEO Max Hoberman said it's clear the rights of women are "under attack" in the USA, and specifically decried the draft Supreme Court decision that would potentially overturn Roe vs. Wade -- the 1973 legal precedent that declared legal bans of abortion to be unconstitutional.
The move also comes as Texas officials continue to push a harmful anti-trans agenda, with Gov. Greg Abbot recently penning a letter calling on professionals such as teachers and doctors to report parents who seek to provide their children with gender-affirming care.
Although Hoberman noted the company, which has provided development support on franchises like Halo and Call of Duty, still needs to formulate specific policies relating to its handling of those health matters, the chief exec emphasized that it will provide financial support to any worker that wishes to relocate to preserve their physical and emotional wellbeing.
"It is appalling that states, including the CA headquarter's home state of Texas, are wading into what I consider personal health and privacy matters. Recently this encompassed gross intrusions on the rights and dignity of transgender youth, putting politics over the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of a vulnerable population, and threatening their families, friends, doctors, and other supporters," wrote Hoberman.
"As the recent draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion potentially overturning Roe vs. Wade has shown, the rights of women to make critical
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