Georgia governor postpones LA trip as Hollywood protests abortion law

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) postponed an annual trip to Los Angeles on Tuesday amid Hollywood protests over the state’s new “heartbeat” abortion law, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Tuesday.

Abortion rights activists had reportedly threatened to protest the May 22 event.

{mosads}Kemp spokesman Cody Hall told the Journal-Constitution the trip would now take place in the fall, and that the governor plans to tour Georgia film production firms and meet with employees to show support for the industry soon.

The decision to postpone the trip comes after Kemp signed a bill that bars doctors in the state from performing an abortion once a fetus’s heartbeat is detectable, typically around six weeks into a pregnancy.

Many women do not know they are pregnant yet at that point.

Georgia has been the site of increasing film and television production in the last few years since passing tax incentives.

The strict anti-abortion law had been blasted by the film industry, with some studios even vowing to pull out of the state.

More than 40 Hollywood celebrities also signed on to a letter back in March threatening to push film production crews to abandon the state if the legislation, one of several “heartbeat” abortion bills nationwide, became law.