Georgia’s legislature approved a bill on Friday that would prohibit abortion once the fetus’ heartbeat can be heard, despite opposition from local activists, corporations and Hollywood actors who have threatened to boycott the growing film industry in the state.
The measure HB 481 was approved by 92 votes in favor and 78 against and must be promulgated by the governor of the state, Brian Kemp, who has said on several occasions that he supports the initiative.
Under the new measure, women in Georgia could not have an abortion after about 6 weeks of pregnancy, which is when you can hear the beat of the fetus.
Currently, women can have an abortion until 20 weeks of pregnancy in Georgia.
“If this legislation that prohibits abortion becomes law, we will see ourselves in court,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia indicated through social networks after its executive director, Andrea Young, qualified the project. as “insensitive disregard for the health and well-being of women and a disrespect for constitutional rights.”
Likewise, almost a hundred actors have joined the call of the actress Alyssa Milano to ask the governor not to sign the measure and have threatened not to shoot their movies and programs in the
Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello, Sara Silverman, Michael Sheen, Laverne Cox, Don Cheadle, Mia Farrow, Rosie O’Donnell, Debra Messing and Jon Cryer are some of the actors who have joined the protest led by Milano.
The film industry has become one of the most important in recent years in Georgia, where the big Hollywood studios have moved the shooting of multi-million dollar projects to reduce costs.
In addition, corporations such as Amazon and Coca Cola have expressed their opposition to the anti-abortion project.
