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First TV and film productions leave Georgia over new abortion law

"There is no way we would ever bring our money to that state by shooting there."

After several production companies vowed to pull their businesses from Georgia, showrunners have already canceled plans to shoot an Amazon Studios show in the state. Jane Featherstone and Naomi De Pear, executive producers of "The Power," said the decision was a "direct response" to the governor's signing of a bill banning abortions after six weeks.

"We feel we have to stand up for a woman's right to choose what happens to her body, and so while this is not a decision we have taken lightly, we feel strongly that it is the right one at this point in time," the producers said in a statement to CBS News.

They said they haven't yet made any new commitments to shoot the project in the U.S.

The statement comes after the show's director, Reed Morano, told Time magazine she would no longer film the project in Georgia.  

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