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The Witcher books were pro-choice stories. Though he claims his books were apolitical. Something along the lines of "Women's bodies aren't political".

As for abortion, I definitely liked Sheri S. Tepper's approach to the problem in ,,Beauty" (...). 30 years before the women's marches, the title Beauty (...) ends up in hell, a place of eternal condemnation and punishment for sins. There is a place there for the opponents of abortion and contraception - their punishment is constant pregnancy. Their bellies grow, they give birth and da capo.

The Witcher's are forced to give up their reproductive rights through the trial of grasses. The Witch's are forced to give up their reproductive rights due to some old magical women just believing magic should never be inherited. Everyone in Ciri's life works hard to make sure she understands she should never give up those rights no matter what. Because her choice is important. Geralt refuses to put her through the trial of grasses. Yennefer sternly warns her that no amount of magical knowledge is worth losing her freedom of choice. And then there's all that stuff where everyone wants Ciri's baby because of prophecy.

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Environmentalism (FF7)

Not just Environmentalism. It's anti-capitalist too. Shinra Corp is meant as a reference to Japanese Zaibatsu. Possibly Mitsubishi specifically. In the west we associate Mitsubishi with just their cars. But they're also one of the largest banks in the world (By assets, currently sitting in 7th place, immediately behind Bank of America). They build everything from naval ships (both commercial and military), to rockets (both the space kind and the missile kind), to tanks. They're also one of Japan's biggest energy suppliers.

Also Genova, her influence over Shinra Corp, the ability to create puppets to do her bidding, and the whole METEOR thing are quite probably meant to represent America and her bombs. In fact Japan's consistent usage of otherworldly gods to prop up the current, evil status quo may overall have been built out of anti-american sentiment that over time became just another trope. Even Elden Ring used this, and possibly not by accident given their history with the Armored Core games.