Former Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams on Thursday urged Hollywood producers not to boycott the state in protest of its so-called “heartbeat” abortion law, calling on them instead to fight the bill by supporting local organizations.

“While I support those who want to live their values by not bringing their resources here, I do not want to harm the citizens of Georgia who are doing this work,” Abrams, who ran for governor as a Democrat last year, said on MSNBC.

Members of the entertainment industry have weighed whether to pull their productions from the state, a popular filming location for Hollywood because it offers a generous tax credit program for film and television projects. In recent years, Georgia has attracted several major projects, including Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” AMC’s “The Walking Dead” and Marvel’s “Avengers” franchise.

In 2018, 455 movie and television productions filmed in Georgia, generating $2.7 billion in direct spending in the state, the governor’s office said last year.

Some actors and producers have pledged not to work in the state in protest of the bill signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp (R) last week, which would restrict abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy, when many women do not even know they are pregnant.

But several producers are now choosing to keep their productions in Georgia, while pledging to contribute to groups that are fighting the abortion law, like the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood.

Abrams on Thursday encouraged this approach. While stressing that she supports “the idea of economic boycotts” — acknowledging how they “transformed the South” during the civil rights movement — she argued that in this case, boycotting wouldn’t be enough to pressure the state’s Republican lawmakers who are pushing the anti-abortion legislation.