Major studios such as WarnerMedia, Sony Pictures, AMC Networks and NBCUniversal threatened to withdraw their productions from Georgia should the abortion law signed on May 7 by the state's Republican Governor Brian Kemp be passed there.

"We will watch the situation closely and if the new law holds we will reconsider Georgia as the home to any new productions. As is always the case, we will work closely with our production partners and talent to determine how and where to shoot any given project," WarnerMedia, which encompasses HBO, Turner and Warner Bros., told AFP in a statement.

"We fully expect that the heartbeat bills and similar laws in various states will face serious legal challenges and will not go into effect while the process proceeds in court. If any of these laws are upheld, it would strongly impact our decision-making on where we produce our content in the future,” NBCUniversal said in a statement to AFP.

"We will continue to monitor that process in close consultation with our filmmakers and television showrunners, talent and other stakeholders as we consider our future production options," a spokesman for Sony said.

The abortion legislation was firstly condemned by Netflix paving the way for other companies, such as Disney, to follow its lead.

"We'd rethink our entire investment in Georgia, should the law come into effect,” Netflix said.

In recent years, Georgia has become the country's third-largest production hub after Los Angeles and New York, with several movies being filmed there; therefore, any actions against the city as a filming location would be a huge blow to the city’s economy give that the industry produced 92,000 jobs and more than $9 billion from productions there.

The "fetal-heartbeat bill" bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy and it is expected to come into effect next year.