Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Alabama’s abortion ban may cost the city two tech companies that were considering moving to the city.

The abortion bill passed and signed into law last week criminalizes abortion and makes no exceptions for rape and incest.

Woodfin said one of the companies canceled plans to come to Birmingham and the other said it had concerns about coming to the city after the abortion ban passed. He would not identify the companies, the number of jobs the companies might bring or the average salaries of those jobs, citing a nondisclosure agreement.

“For a company, they have core values and quality of life issue they speak to,” Woodfin said Tuesday morning. “They’re not just hiring new people, they’re also bringing existing employees to the area. They want to make sure the quality of life for their employees is taken are of and not compromised. That’s fair to those employees.”

Woodfin said he hasn’t given up on these companies.

“[The abortion bill] will have an adverse affect on being able to recruit jobs, and economic development to our city. It makes my job as mayor hard,” he said. “We will be aggressive in recurring jobs. Regardless of what’s happening in Montgomery, Birmingham open for business. Birmingham is progressive and wants to support the employees coming here.”

Lawmakers in Colorado and Maryland have threatened to not use state tax dollars for any travel or expenditures to Alabama.