Disney’s Chief Executive has said the company could stop filming in Georgia if the state’s new abortion law takes effect.
Bob Iger said it would be “very difficult” for them to keep filming in the state because many people will not want to work there.
Disney has filmed blockbuster movies such as Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame in Georgia, and it would be a blow to the state’s efforts to create production jobs if the entertainment giant stopped filming there.
Georgia’s Republican governor signed into law on May 7 a ban on abortion after a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat – about six weeks into a pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.
The law is due to take effect on January 1, if it survives court challenges.
Mr Iger was asked whether Disney would continue to work in Georgia during an interview ahead of the dedication for a new Star Wars section at their Anaheim park.
He said: “I rather doubt we will. I think many people who work for us will not want to work there, and we will have to heed their wishes in that regard.
Georgia is one of eight states to pass anti-abortion legislation this year for the purpose of inducing the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 landmark case that established a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy.
The state offers a tax credit that has lured many film and TV productions.
The industry is responsible for more than 92,000 jobs in Georgia, according to the Motion Picture Association of America, and 455 productions were shot in Georgia in 2018, according to the state.
Some actors and producers have already said they will no longer work in Georgia because of the abortion law, but many of the large production companies have remained publicly silent.
So Disney is “pro death” now?
I always thought Disney stood for family and puritanical values. My, how times have changed.
Walt Disney had a deep affinity for the Nazi Party.
That is their right.
This is about the “right” for a woman to kill her baby. It’s important to not forget that.
Do you think that women should be forced to carry to term the babies of their rapists? Their fathers?
How many women have had to carry their babies to term after you’ve raped them?
Oh… wait… you’re incapable of that. You’d need a sexual organ to perform that act.
No I do not, but that only accounts for less than 1% of all abortions. 3% are due to viability and/or threat to the mother’s life. In the other 96% of cases, do you think women should be able to kill their babies for their own convenience?
BOYCOTT DISNEY, BOYCOTT HOLLYWOOD, BOYCOTT NETFLIX
And Cineplex.
Good. Hit them with a tourism ban, too. Let’s see how strong their convictions are.
Edit: thanks for pointing out to me that I should have said boycott.
How would they “ban” tourism ?
If you can ban tourism to Cuba, you can ban it anywhere.
Think harder, not only is Cuba another country and therefore no protection from the U.S bill of rights or Constitution (not to be confused with what Canada calls a a constitution which in fact is a filthy rag that should be buried along side commie shitbags) its an island . Making it far possible to impose.
BOYCOTT DISNEY, BOYCOTT HOLLYWOOD, BOYCOTT NETFLIX