Hollywood Producer Launches $15M Fundraising Campaign to Fight Anti-...

Hollywood Producer Launches $15M Fundraising Campaign to Fight Anti-Abortion Laws: NYT  The Daily Beast

Fred Prouser/Reuters A Hollywood investor and producer behind projects like The Greatest Showman and Hidden Figures has started a fundraising campaign to legally fight six- to eight-week abortion bans in Georgia and other states. The New York Times reports that Peter Chernin—formerly Rupert Murdoch’s lieutenant as News Corp. president and chairman and CEO of the Fox Group—has urged a number of entertainment figures to donate to “ACLU’s legal efforts” to fight the abortion laws. In a fundraising email sent to the likes of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Shonda Rhimes,...