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Posted: 2019-06-12T13:32:38Z | Updated: 2019-06-13T15:18:43Z

Ariana Grande has donated around $250,000 she made from a recent concert in Atlanta to Planned Parenthood on the heels of Georgias governor signing a controversial abortion law, the organization confirmed Wednesday.

In early May, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the so-called heartbeat bill, which bans abortion as soon as a doctor can detect cardiac activity in an embryo . Thats typically around six weeks into a pregnancy, when many people arent even aware that theyre pregnant.

Ariana Grandes generous donation comes at a critical time in Georgia and across the country, anti-womens health politicians are trying to ban all safe, legal abortion, Dr. Leana Wen, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement to HuffPost. This is not what the American people want, nor is it something theyll stand for. Thanks to inspiring support like hers, Planned Parenthood can continue to fight back in the courts, in Congress, in state houses, and in the streets against these dangerous attacks on peoples health and lives.

We are so grateful to Ariana for her longstanding commitment to supporting womens rights and standing with Planned Parenthood to defend access to reproductive health care, Wen added. We wont stop fighting no matter what.

Many other celebrities have come forward to voice their opposition to the Georgia law , with streaming service Netflix even vowing to fight the law in court alongside the American Civil Liberties Union and, if need be, reconsider the companys whole investment in the state . Georgia is a popular Hollywood filming location because of generous tax breaks.

Georgia is part of a wave of states including Alabama, Texas and Ohio that have recently passed or proposed laws sharply restricting or outright banning abortion.

HuffPost has reached out to Grande for comment.

This story has been updated with a statement from Planned Parenthood.

CORRECTION: This story previously said Wen was the president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund. She is the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.