"This [Alabama] law would force children - 12 year olds - to carry a pregnancy by their rapist. This law would force people w/ mental disabilities to carry pregnancy by rape to term. This law forces people to be pregnant against their own consent. It’s horrifying." - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Meanwhile, here in Georgia, David Simon, the creator behind HBO's The Wire, Treme, and The Deuce, tweeted, “I can’t ask any female member of any film production with which I am involved to so marginalize themselves or compromise their inalienable authority over their own bodies. I must undertake production where the rights of all citizens remain intact.” 

In another tweet, Simon added, “Can only speak for my production company. Our comparative assessments of locations for upcoming development will pull Georgia off the list until we can be assured the health options and civil liberties of our female colleagues are unimpaired.”

While many Georgians don't care what some Hollywood producer thinks about them, film and television production in Georgia supports more than 92,000 jobs and brings significant economic benefits to communities and families.  Over 400 productions were filmed in Georgia last year, resulting in an estimated $2.7 billion in direct spending the state. Major TV shows and movies film in the state including AMC’s The Walking Dead, Netflix’s Ozark and Stranger Things, and Marvel’s blockbusters Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame.

The forced pregnancy laws in Georgia and Alabama are unjust and inhumane, and indicate a mindset that a woman's body is nothing more than a breeding machine.  It's religious fanaticism run amok, and these laws must be aborted, preferably within six weeks like they require for women.