Abortion rights activists in Texas are developing a video game to illustrate a woman's quest to obtain an abortion in the Lone Star state.
In the interactive experience “Choice: Texas,” players choose a female avatar to navigate "the struggle with geography, time, and money to obtain abortions," according to the developers behind the idea, Carly Kocurek and Allyson Whipple.
Characters in the game include 35-year-old Latrice, who is in a long-term relationship with her boyfriend but "never planned to have children." Another character is Leah, 19, who is a bartender and is trying to save money for the future.
There will be five personas in total, including a high school student not ready to be a mother, a woman in a high-risk pregnancy and a married mother in dire financial circumstances.
"Think of it as a choose-your-own-adventure story," the developers said in an August interview with Persephone Magazine.
An effort is now underway to raise $9,250 to cover the costs of developing the game, which is slated to drop in February.
The concept for the game comes after a bitter abortion battle this summer in which the Texas Legislature passed controversial legislation that bans abortions after 20 weeks.
Pro-abortion rights State Sen. Wendy Davis tried to block a vote on the bill with an 11-hour filibuster on June 25, but a special session was convened in July in which the measure passed.
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