http://www.dailywire.com/news/47890/hypocrites-netflix-films-middle-eastern-countries-paul-bois
By Paul Bois
The Daily Wire
May 31, 2019
Though Netflix threatens to boycott the state of Georgia for passing a fetal heartbeat law to protect unborn children from abortion, the company still films in countries like Jordan and Egypt, where abortion is illegal.
Earlier this week, Netflix helped start a chain reaction of major studios threatening to boycott Georgia if lawmakers did not overturn the fetal heartbeat law.
"We have many women working on productions in Georgia, whose rights, along with millions of others, will be severely restricted by this law," Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos told Variety. "It's why we will work with the ACLU and others to fight it in court. Given the legislation has not yet been implemented, we'll continue to film there, while also supporting partners and artists who choose not to. Should it ever come into effect, we'd rethink our entire investment in Georgia."
Netflix was later joined by Disney, NBCUniversal, CBS, Showtime, and WarnerMedia with similar calls to boycott Georgia throughout the week. But, as noted by LifeNews, Netflix is clearly willing to work in heavily abortion-restrictive countries. ...
So how restrictive are the abortion laws in both Jordan and Egypt? According to the Washington Free Beacon, Jordan restricts abortion in nearly all cases except in cases when the life or mental health of the mother is at risk. People in violation of those laws face imprisonment. The country Jordan also provided locations for parts of Disney's "Aladdin," another studio threatening Georgia.
Over in Egypt, the Pew Research Center reports that the country has maintained a ban on abortion in nearly all circumstances since 1937.
"The Egyptian Penal Code of 1937 bans abortion in all circumstances, but criminal law allows flexibility on grounds of 'necessity,'" the report says. "Physicians rely on that principle to justify performing an abortion when they believe the mother's life or health is in danger or in cases of fetal abnormality. A committee of physicians must agree that the abortion is acceptable within the confines of the law."
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