Hollywood reacts to new anti-abortion legislation
Georgia’s new anti-abortion law has pushed Hollywood’s prolific production work in the state into the spotlight, as studios, networks and creative personnel grapple with the best ways to respond to the legislation. Several other states are following suit, including Louisiana, another hotbed of location shooting.
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It’s safe to say that no one will call anyone a “moron” or a “pathological liar” at the first Democratic debates.
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Director Spike Lee is the latest filmmaker to vocalize his opposition to Georgia’s new abortion law, saying it’s time for productions there to “shut it down.”
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During the weeks after Georgia’s Republican Gov.
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Georgia’s long-standing and lucrative relationship with the Walt Disney Co. could be headed for a break-up over the state’s new, restrictive abortion law.
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Netflix is stepping up as the only major studio or streaming service to say something on the record about Georgia’s controversial new abortion law.
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Singer-songwriter Margo Price could hardly be more engaged with issues of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood.
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A Lionsgate comedy and an Amazon Studios TV series have pulled out of Georgia after the passage of a law prohibiting abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected.
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As states pass more legislation to restrict abortion in states such as Georgia and Alabama, Hollywood and its famous faces are speaking out almost uniformly in support of reproductive rights.
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Actress and talk show host Busy Philipps is bringing private conversations about abortion into the public discourse with the #youknowme campaign, an effort to get women to open up about their abortion experiences as restrictive laws about the practice are gaining traction across the country. “1 in 4 women have had an abortion,” Philipps tweeted late Tuesday just as Alabama lawmakers voted to ban all abortions in the state and to punish doctors, and as other states prepare for their own versions of the law.
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Stacey Abrams, the rising Democratic star who narrowly lost a bitterly contested race last year for Georgia governor, launched a campaign this week to urge opponents of the state’s stringent new abortion ban to donate to local groups fighting for reproductive rights.
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The conservative push to outlaw abortion reached another milestone Tuesday when Alabama’s Senate passed a bill that bans the procedure at all stages of pregnancy and punishes doctors caught performing it with up to 99 years in prison.
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They watched in dismay as their Republican governor signed a law outlawing almost all abortions.
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Given the unexampled malevolence of Georgia’s new anti-abortion law, you might think that the film industry, that hive of progressive social activism, would be among the leaders in taking action against the state.
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Several production companies have gone on the record this week with their refusal to consider filming in Georgia unless the state overturns its controversial new abortion law.
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Two dozen film and television productions are underway in Georgia, where a new abortion law has been regarded as an attack against women in the state.
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Dear Hollywood: Get the hell out of Georgia. Now.
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Three years ago, Hollywood studios came out in force against anti-gay legislation in Georgia.
