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 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: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.&nb♍sp;

was the first PlayStation studio to relea✃se a statement on Twitter, simply noting that "reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy are human rights." , , , and were right behind it with identical verbiage, and 🦩released a longer but tonally similar statement shortly after. 

and God of War studio 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 – you guessed it, not a US-based branch – mirrored the statement, which supports the theory that it was cleared internally. 

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: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 , tha🥃nking PlayStation for matching 50% of it to the tune of $5,000. 

This e♏choes the circumstances of a previous donation from Insomniac Games, which sent $50,000 to abortion nonprofit WRRAP following the previously leaked Supreme Court opinion which predicted today's decision. 

At the time, reported that Sony had agreed to match Insomniac's donation and was also moving 🀅on infrastructure for a company support system that would cover travel expenses for people seeking healthcare. According to internal memos, Sony has now doubled down on this covera🎃ge. 

The messaging across PlayStation's studios is especially noteworthy given Sony's alleged response to the aforementioned leaked opinion. Despite matching Insomniac's donation behind the scenes, Sony reportedly blocked it and other PlayStation studios from releasing public statements on abortion, with a leaked email from PlayStation pr🦹esident Jim Ryan calling for employees to "respect differences of opinion" on the subject. Coupled with more matched donations, today's unified public statements suggest Sony and/or PlayStation have changed their tune. 

Bungie, soon to be acquired by Sony for some $3.6 billion, will technically remain independent from PlayStation Studios but has also issued a pledge of its own to support employees and their family members should they need to travel in pursuit of care as states restrict or remove abortion access. 

Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional💫 feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.