San Francisco: Walt Disney Company’s Chairman and CEO Bob Iger has said Georgia’s new strict abortion law would make it “very difficult” for them to keep filming in the state, the media reported. This comes soon after Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said he would “rethink” the whole investment in Georgia if a recently signed abortion law goes into effect.
Most of the industry uproar is currently focused on Georgia, where a large number of Hollywood movies and TV shows are filmed, courtesy of the highly favourable state tax incentive. Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp had signed the abortion legislation earlier this month. “The law bans abortion once cardiac activity can be detected — which can be as early as six weeks, before many women even realise they are pregnant. “The law is due to take effect on 1 January, if it survives court challenges,” the Guardian reported on Thursday. (IANS)
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