{"id":803162,"date":"2021-09-22T17:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T21:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=803162"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:29:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T21:29:29","slug":"in-response-to-texas-abortion-law-dating-app-creates-pro-choice-badge-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-response-to-texas-abortion-law-dating-app-creates-pro-choice-badge-option\/","title":{"rendered":"In Response To Texas Abortion Law, Dating App Creates \u2018Pro-Choice\u2019 Badge Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-response-to-texas-abortion-law-dating-app-creates-pro-choice-badge-option%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=803162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/COVID19.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The dating service OkCupid created a \u201cpro-choice\u201d badge for users to place in their profile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The company \u2014 owned by Match Group, which also operates dating apps Tinder and Hinge \u2014 created the feature in reaction to the enactment of the Texas Heartbeat Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theblog.okcupid.com\/in-the-middle-of-the-worst-year-on-record-for-reproductive-rights-okcupids-pro-choice-profile-ec17bf1875c0\"><span>OkCupid<\/span><\/a><span> explains:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><i><span>We support our users\u2019 right to choose. That\u2019s why we ask thousands of questions so you can choose the type of person you want to match with, whether that means someone who\u2019s looking for something long-term or short-term, or who is pro-choice or not.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>It\u2019s also why we\u2019re excited to announce our brand-new I\u2019m Pro-Choice badge that users who want to show their support of abortion access can add to their profile. Every user in the US who answers \u2018yes\u2019 to the question \u2018\u2018Do you want to add the Pro-Choice badge to your profile demonstrating your support of reproductive rights?\u2019 will get the badge, and for everyone who does, OkCupid is donating $1 to Planned Parenthood (up to $50,000).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The company reported that in comparison to last year, 18% more users have placed the term \u201cpro-choice\u201d in their profiles. Likewise, mentions of \u201cPlanned Parenthood supporter\u201d in Texas profiles have more than doubled this summer compared to last.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Indeed, OkCupid revealed that only 9% of daters believe the government should \u201cdefund\u201d Planned Parenthood. Among users in Texas, 87% of men and 95% of women answered \u201cyes\u201d to the question, \u201cAre you pro-choice?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/20\/style\/okcupid-abortion-rights-badge.html\"><span>The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span> notes that the company has previously allowed users to add badges such as \u201cBlack Lives Matter,\u201d \u201cVoter,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m Vaccinated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Left-wing corporations and politicians have reacted strongly against the Texas Heartbeat Act \u2014 which, instead of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/texas-is-a-free-and-independent-state-texas-rep-introduces-bill-to-ban-abortion\"><span>criminalizing<\/span><\/a><span> all abortion in the state, merely permits private citizens to file suit against anyone who facilitates the abortion of a baby past six weeks\u2019 gestation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>John Gibson, the former CEO of video game company Tripwire Interactive, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ceo-of-video-game-developer-supported-texass-pro-life-law-now-hes-out-from-the-company\"><span>expressed<\/span><\/a><span> his support of the law via social media: \u201cAs an entertainer I don\u2019t get political often. Yet with so many vocal peers on the other side of this issue, I felt it was important to go on the record as a pro-life game developer.\u201d As a result, Tripwire released a statement clarifying that Gibson\u2019s views \u201cdo not reflect those of Tripwire Interactive as a company\u201d and announced that he had \u201cstepped down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ocasio-cortez-texas-heartbeat-law-is-an-attack-on-menstruating-persons\"><span>condemned<\/span><\/a><span> the Texas law as an attack on \u201cmenstruating people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t know if he is familiar with a menstruating person\u2019s body,\u201d she said of Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) during a CNN interview. \u201cIn fact, I do know that he\u2019s not familiar with a female or menstruating person\u2019s body because if he did, he would know that you don\u2019t have six weeks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dating service OkCupid created a \u201cpro-choice\u201d badge for users to place in their profile.The company \u2014 owned by Match Group, which also operates dating apps Tinder and Hinge \u2014 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-803162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}