Netflix is talking about boycotting Georgia. This seems to be hypocritical since they are expanding their investments in countries where abortion is illegal altogether such as Egypt and Jordan. In both of those countries, abortion is banned.
In Egypt, you are imprisoned if you have or perform an abortion. In Jordan, they have few exceptions such as the life of the mother or development problem of the baby. Evidently, that doesn’t bother Netflix, but would ban Georgia. Here’s my suggestion. Any production company that bans Georgia -should not be allowed to show their movies in movie houses or on cable television.
See who gets hurt the most.
The company is filming three original shows in the Middle East—one in Egypt, and two in Jordan. In Egypt, abortion is punishable by imprisonment. In Jordan, it is only allowed in rare cases dealing with the health of the mother or the development of the unborn child. Apparently, “abortion rights” only matter to Netflix in America. From The Daily Caller:
Netflix’s expressed reluctance to produce content in regions with strong anti-abortion laws seemingly does not extend to the Middle East, where recently the company has been ramping up the number of undertaken projects, according to Variety.
Netflix is working on its third Arabic original, titled “Paranormal,” Variety reports. The show will be based on a series of Arabic horror books written by Egyptian author, Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, according to Variety. The show will be produced in Egypt, where abortion is punishable by imprisonment in almost all circumstances, according to the Pew Research Center.
Back stateside, however, a Georgia law that bans abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat (around six weeks) may apparently be a deal breaker for Netflix.