Hollywood players who have long enjoyed tax incentives for operating in Georgia could be angling to pull their productions out of the Peach State following this week’s signing of an early-abortion law there.
Anti-abortion protesters rally outside the Georgia Capitol following the signing of HB 481 in Atlanta on Tuesday.
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I can’t ask any female member of any film production with which I am involved to so marginalize themselves or compromise their inalienable authority over their own bodies. I must undertake production where the rights of all citizens remain intact. Other filmmakers will see this.
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