With the one-year anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson approaching on June 24, the Showrunners for Abortion Rights — the coalition of showrunners, TV creators and directors that formed in the wake …
, “patronizing,” and didn’t give specifics about how they would handle any imminent health crises on sets. In a statement issued on Sept. 9, the coalition noted that several studios were open to their proposal of a “24-hour Reproductive Health Safety Hotline for productions in abortion-hostile states.”
The delegates from Paramount/CBS, for instance, worked directly with Talia Robinson, the company’s EVP of human resources, whom they said went above and beyond to find solutions. Robinson provided an example, the showrunners told, that delegates working with other studios could show their respective workplaces, helping overcome roadblocks. With Paramount/CBS providing a template, “We had a studio proving it could be done,” they said.
While the studios made some significant changes in response to our demands, and some studios engaged more wholeheartedly than others, the bottom line is: if you are pregnant or could become pregnant, it’s still not safe to work on a production shooting in Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, North Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, or North Carolina.
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