Posted on 05/11/2019 2:07:48 PM PDT by Ennis85
A new abortion law in the US state of Georgia has fuelled calls for a Hollywood boycott from actors and production companies.
A number of actors had signed an open letter in March pledging not to work there should the law pass.
Governor Brian Kemp signed the so-called "heartbeat" bill on Tuesday, which bans most abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
It is the latest state to enact legislation restricting abortion.
The law is scheduled to come into effect on 1 January, but is expected to face challenges in the courts.
A federal judge blocked such a law in Kentucky which was scheduled to come into effect immediately as it could be unconstitutional, while Mississippi passed a six-week abortion law in March that is not due to take effect until July and is also facing challenges.
Ohio passed a similarly restrictive law in 2016 which was vetoed by the governor.
Many women do not know they are pregnant by six weeks, with morning sickness usually starting after about nine weeks.
The Georgia governor's office said film and television productions brought $2.7bn (£2.1bn) into the state in 2018.
Hollywood blockbusters Black Panther and The Hunger Games series were filmed there, as were the programmes Stranger Things and The Walking Dead.
What is the boycott?
During the bill's passage, 50 actors proposed a boycott of film and television production in the state - including Alyssa Milano, Amy Schumer, Christina Applegate, Alec Baldwin and Sean Penn.
"We want to stay in Georgia," the letter reads. "But we will not do so silently, and we will do everything in our power to move our industry to a safer state for women if [this] becomes law."
https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1111231181314510849
Ms Milano, who stars in the Netflix show Insatiable,
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Democrats would murder unborn babies than screw.
Oooooo...I’m sure the leaders in Atlanta are shaking in their boots.
I live in Atlanta...don’t watch their tv or movies and “frankly Charlotte..I don’t give a damn”
There’s a big Hollywood presence in Georgia?
Solution - cancel all incentives and tax breaks to hollywood. If they want to make a movie, pay like anyone else that works in Georgia.
Yes. Huge. The film industry has largely been chased out of Hollywood by the laws that liberals in the film industry helped pass. The major studios still maintain a footprint in L.A. but the filming is done elsewhere, much of it around Atlanta.
“Many women do not know they are pregnant by six weeks, with morning sickness usually starting after about nine weeks.”
How about you not screw around unless you’re in a committed relationship (a ring, a date, hall booked, paperwork in the works, etc.) and if you WERE to get pregnant sooner than planned, as an added BONUS you get a baby!
I know. How silly and old fashioned of me! ;)
Close call. Many of those leaders supported Stacy Abrams and would do perhaps anything to endear themselves to Hollywood.
Wow.
This is all it takes to keep Left Coast loons out of one’s state? Excellent!
Walking Dead. And others
Why, that would require some self control, ya big meanie!
I live in Georgia, and IMHO less pedophiles, rapists, and drug abusers in our state is a win for us.
California doesn’t run this state, we do.
That’s actually pretty progressive :)
That’s big.
According to the state’s website, more top-grossing films are produced in Georgia than anywhere else in the world.
Non abortifactant birth controls exist. Using them is not so hard.
In the words of Dr. J. Vernon McGee, “May God richly bless you!”
Where will they film the Walking Dead?
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