“When I saw what’s going on in Georgia, I literally thought ‘this can’t be real.’ It stunned me…This cannot be America,” actress Ann Dowd, who plays Aunt Lydia on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” tells brianstelter about parallels between the show and real life.
And a fourth, Comcast's
Universal, says the spread of these anti-abortion bills, if upheld by the courts,"would strongly impact our decision-making on where we produce our content in the future."The state is a hub for entertainment industry production, in part because of generous tax breaks Georgia offers filmmakers and producers.
Universal cited this legal reality in its statement on Thursday."We fully expect that the heartbeat bills and similar laws in various states will face serious legal challenges and will not go into effect while the process proceeds in court," the company said."If any of these laws are upheld, it would strongly impact our decision-making on where we produce our content in the future.
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