Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Amazon & Other Studios Dodge Abortion Safety Plan Appeal From Shonda Rhimes, Natasha Lyonne, Mindy Kaling, Ava DuVernay & Hundreds Of Female Showrunners & Scribes - Deadline

In a response letter full of boiler plate remarks on sharing “your concerns around the health, safety and well-being of our dedicated employees and the people who support our productions” and “access to safe and effective health care,” Disney, Netflix, AppleTV+, NBCUniversal, Amazon, Warner Bros Discovery, and AMC Networks essentially ignored the primary points of concern and action that the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pamela Adlon, Issa Rae, Mindy Kaling, Natasha Lyonne, Angela Kang, Courtney A.

Despite a reliance on existing union healthcare plans and “continuing to evaluate ways that we can best provide for our employees and workers who support our productions,” the maladroit letter also offered nothing spotlighting matters of privacy, liability indemnification from potential criminal or civil charges, nor “pregnancy complications” and “protocols outlining the scope of medical care” – as had been requested.

We share your concerns around the health, safety and well-being of our dedicated employees and the people who support our productions.

Each of our individually designed corporate health plans provides comprehensive health care coverage for our respective employees.

Most workers on scripted film and TV productions are covered by industry health plans that are jointly administered by union and management trustees under the collective bargaining framework.

We are pleased that our industry partners have quickly addressed this important issue and are committed to continuing to evaluate ways that we can best provide for our employees and workers who support our productions

We want to assure you that we are individually focused on supporting the health, safety, well-being and privacy of our respective employees and those who support our productions as we continue to monitor this evolving situation