Psychonauts studio Double Positive Productions has joined Bungie in expressing help for “important healthcare rights” for girls following the leak of a drafting ruling earlier this week that exposed US Supreme Court docket plans to overturn Roe v Wade later this 12 months.
“We at Double Positive Productions stand steadfast in our help of important healthcare rights for all,” the studio stated in a message on Twitter. “We firmly imagine {that a} resolution to overturn Roe vs Wade would deny folks their human rights, and instantly influence the lives, freedoms, and selections of everybody on this nation.
“For many who are in a position we’ll encourage donating to a corporation that can get up for these rights.”
Issued in 1973, the Roe v Wade resolution affirmed that girls within the US have, with some restrictions, a constitutionally-protected proper to abortion. The ruling was extremely controversial and has confronted criticism and concerted opposition within the half-century since, however has remained the legislation of the land. Earlier this week, nonetheless, a drafting ruling leaked to Politico revealed that the court docket intends to overturn the ruling. Chief Justice John Roberts subsequently confirmed that the leaked draft is legitimate, though not essentially remaining.
We at Double Positive Productions stand steadfast in our help of important healthcare rights for all. pic.twitter.com/WA5wdntaWKMay 6, 2022
Bungie was the primary large sport studio to talk out in help of Roe v Wade, saying that the plan to overturn the ruling “represents a blow to freedom in America and is a direct assault on human rights.” It additionally inspired followers to donate to related charities, offering hyperlinks to 4:
Bungie confronted some pushback from followers for stating its stance in favor of ladies’s healthcare, however to this point the response to Double Positive’s tweet appears extra broadly constructive. That could be, at the least partly, as a result of Double Positive boss Tim Schafer has by no means been shy about expressing his opinions on present occasions and politics. Throughout an tackle on the GDC Awards in 2019 (through Games Industry), as an example, he stated “Fuck white supremacists,” including, “I believe it is unhappy that racists and different hate peddlers really feel secure in any area that is remotely linked to videogames, and I believe all of us have a chance in our work, in our each day lives, and in our platforms large and small, to make it completely clear that we don’t tolerate any of that crap.”
Whereas Bungie and Double Positive have each inspired their followers to donate to charities supporting ladies’s healthcare rights, neither studio has indicated whether or not it should make donations to help them instantly. I’ve reached out to each studios for remark and can replace if I obtain a reply.
