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Oh yeah, the woman at GamesBeat has some fucking thoughts about the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I’m sure there are several of you who will not be pleased to hear them. You’re at perfect liberty to click away. Me? I am not at perfect liberty... in any sense of the word.
Still, I encourage you to pay attention because this affects you too. This is going to affect the gaming industry, because it is staffed by humans — some of whom possess uteruses. And like it or not, you don’t have an industry without those individuals, and they aren’t safe. I’m not safe. Granted, that’s been the case long before Roe v. Wade was overturned — I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but the games industry has an itty-bitty problem with being hostile towards its female workforce.
I want to highlight the games companies that are speaking out in support of their employees’ reproductive rights. Perhaps this is just lip service — it’s a bit too early to say. But I notice that Sony is no longer encouraging demure silence from its partner studios. Indeed, Sony subsidiaries were some of the first to react. Here’s a list of the reactions I’ve seen so far, including pledges by the companies to help their employees pursue abortions in legal states, even if they have to travel:
I notice few of them are eager to use the word “abortion,” but the bar is already so low — I’ll take even the show of support, at this point. I’m also putting this here because I want it on record that these companies have spoken in support of reproductive rights. I hope more of the studios take after Bungie in
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