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Mary McNamara: Dear Hollywood: Georgia's new abortion law means you have to stop shooting there. Now

Dear Hollywood: Get the hell out of Georgia. Now.

I understand the tax breaks are terrific, the geography diverse, the cost of living cheap and heaven knows it's hard to beat an ice-cold glass of sweet tea when you need a pick-me-up. But by criminalizing abortion after six weeks, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp just turned the millions you save, and the billions you infuse into the state economy, into blood money.

Blood from all the women and girls who will now have to resort to knitting needles and kitchen table "doctors" to terminate their pregnancies.

Blood from all the underserved women and girls, already living

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