Netflix is stepping up as the only major studio or streaming service to say something on the record about Georgia’s controversial new abortion law.
The Georgia law, while not alone in a recent string of restrictive state-level abortion legislation, has come to the forefront in Hollywood because the state is the third-largest production location in the country.
“We have many women working on productions in Georgia, whose rights, along with millions of others, will be severely restricted by this law,” Netflix’s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, said Tuesday in a statement obtained by Variety. “It’s why we will work with the ACLU and others to fight it in court.”
“Given the legislation has not yet been implemented, we’ll continue to film there, while also supporting partners and artists who choose not to,” he continued.
