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'The Wire' creator David Simon announced via Twitter on Monday that he wouldn’t film an upcoming HBO project in Texas, as he had apparently planned to, due to the new restrictions.

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00:00The Wire creator David Simon is taking a stand and saying he's pulling his upcoming HBO project

00:05from Texas over its controversial abortion law. Simon announced via Twitter,

00:10As an employer, this is beyond politics. I'm turning in scripts next month on an HBO

00:15non-fiction miniseries based on events in Texas. But I can't and won't ask female cast and crew

00:21to forego civil liberties to film there and ask for recommendations on other filming locations.

00:26However, Simon's tweet prompted a protest from the Dallas Film and Creative Industries office which replied,

00:31Laws of a state are not reflective of its entire population.

00:35Not bringing a production to Dallas only serves to further disenfranchise those that live here.

00:40We need talent, crew, creatives to stay and vote, not get driven out by inability to make a living.

00:46Simon then shot back saying they misunderstood, writing,

00:49My singular responsibility is to securing and maintaining the civil liberties of all those we employ

00:54during the course of a production. Simon's project has not yet been announced so it's likely still

00:59at an early stage. HBO had no comment on the specific matter. The move follows a Tuesday

01:04Washington Post op-ed by actress Uma Thurman where she condemned the new law and shared that she herself

01:10had an abortion in her late teens. This law is yet another discriminatory tool against those who are

01:15economically disadvantaged and often indeed against their partners. The new Texas law effectively bans

01:21abortions roughly six weeks into pregnancy by allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers and

01:27anyone else who helped a woman obtain the procedure. For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:32And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

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