Kate Aurthur editorAfter more than a thousand showrunners behind some of the most popular shows in the world mobilized to demand specific abortion safety protocols be put in place at the studio level, those studios answered with a collective response on Wednesday evening.
The letter seeks to assure the showrunners that they share the same concerns, but does not address the specific demands the showrunners sought.
It also ignores the call to cease donations to anti-choice politicians.The response did, however, come in under the showrunners’ deadline for an answer, which was 11:59 pm PT on Aug.
10.On July 28, 411 television creators and showrunners sent individual letters to the studios outlining four demands for specific safety protocols to be put in place for pregnant employees in states where abortion has been outlawed, or soon will be.
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