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Cattledog

(6,338 posts)
Tue May 14, 2019, 06:04 PM May 2019

Kemp postpones film event in LA amid 'heartbeat' bill fallout.

Gov. Brian Kemp postponed an annual trip to Los Angeles to promote Georgia’s film industry on Tuesday as a growing number of movie executives and celebrities criticized his decision to sign the anti-abortion “heartbeat” bill into law.

Abortion rights activists had threatened to protest the May 22 event, and Georgia film executives were worried that tepid turnout and no-shows from studio chiefs could do lasting damage to the state’s movie-making business. Kemp spokesman Cody Hall said that the trip would now take place in the fall, and that the governor plans to soon tour Georgia film production firms and meet with employees to show support for the industry.

The delay is the latest sign of how quickly the fallout over House Bill 481, which outlaws most abortions as early as six weeks, has rocked Georgia’s film industry since the Republican signed it into law a week ago.

https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/kemp-postpones-film-celebration-amid-heartbeat-bill-fallout/QWmFK5f1wvSVBwGOJYAYvL/?fbclid=IwAR0Fm37bA3hwNOnhdp__PJmNP74UJn_kJZ1-IPab1uR8rWU9uaTky0tJBCU

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Kemp postpones film event in LA amid 'heartbeat' bill fallout. (Original Post) Cattledog May 2019 OP
I feel sorry for the people of Georgia, most of whom didn't vote for this yahoo. CaliforniaPeggy May 2019 #1

CaliforniaPeggy

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1. I feel sorry for the people of Georgia, most of whom didn't vote for this yahoo.
Tue May 14, 2019, 06:11 PM
May 2019

Kemp gets my complete contempt and eternal anger for what he's done to women.

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