Last month, Insomniac Games (Spider ManCEO Ted Price He reportedly told his staff That parent company Sony “will not agree with any statements made by any studio on the subject of reproductive rights.” This no longer appears to be true, with Insomniac and other Sony studios tweeting statements supporting “reproductive freedom” in the wake of The Supreme Court’s decision this morning overturn the old Raw vs. Wade precedent in this case.
“We humans make games,” Insomniac chirp This morning. Reproductive freedom and bodily independence are human rights.
By the afternoon, several other Sony game studios in North America had begun tweeting similar messages, including lollipop punch (Ghost of Tsushima), obedient dog (the last of us), Santa Monica studio (God of War), San Diego studio (MLB: The Show), And the studio bend (Days gone by). Some European Sony studios, including media molecule (little big planet), gang war games (horizon), And the Playstation London StudioAlso, join the support data via Twitter.
“Naughty Dog believes that reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy are fundamental human rights and essential to everyone’s health and well-being,” the studio wrote in its tweet. “We will continue to uphold these values and actively support all of our employees in receiving the care they need and want.”
Travel and other support
This is a bit about ‘Effective Support[ing]“Staff may be less important to Santa Monica-based Naughty Dog, where it seems likely that California will continue to protect abortion access through legislation. For Sony studios in states less favorable to abortion, though (such as Austin, Texas-based Bluepoint Games), the parent company has not publicly followed in the footsteps of Microsoft, which Committed in early May To fund out-of-state travel for employees who need it to seek abortion-related care.
fate-developer (and Soon to be a subsidiary of SonyBungie led the gaming industry before Provided strong public support for ‘choice to have children’ last month. Today, Bungie Update its public statement on this issue and set out his travel compensation program “for any employee to use when he or a dependent cannot access the health care they need where they live. We do not commend our commitment to championing reproductive choice and freedom.”
In a statement provided to the press, Activision Blizzard reaffirmed its plans, first announced earlier this month, to offer “extended medical travel benefits” to issues “including reproductive health, sex-confirmation treatment, transplant care, and any Other medical care… is not available in the case of the protected person, or within 100 miles of where he lives.”
Other major game publishers including UbisoftAnd the BethesdaAnd the Niantic FactoriesAnd the Devolver Digital They tweeted statements in support of reproductive rights today. “We believe that physical autonomy and choice in relation to reproductive and healthcare issues” are critical to the organization’s mission, the International Game Developers Association told Ars in a statement. “One must control one’s own health affairs in order to successfully manage one’s career and life.”
earlier this month (and middle I mentioned pressure from the staff) Electronic Arts tweeted a pride month statement that included the phrase “Women’s rights are human rights.”
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