'The Wire' creator says he won't film in Texas to protect cast/crew's 'civil liberties' amid new abortion law
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“The Wire” creator David Simon says he will not film his new HBO show in Texas as a result of its controversial new law regarding abortions in the state.
The TV writer and creator took to Twitter on Monday to share that he is currently working on a non-fiction miniseries for the network that takes place in Texas. However, he vowed that he is not going to subject his female cast and crew members to an extended stay in the state where they would need to "forgo civil liberties to film there."
"If an employer, this is beyond politics. I’m turning in scripts next month on an HBO non-fiction miniseries based on events in Texas, but I can’t and won’t ask female cast/crew to forgo civil liberties to film there," he wrote. "What else looks like Dallas/Ft. Worth?"
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