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01-04-2018, 08:54 PM
'Black Mirror' gets it dangerously wrong about abortion
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This story contains spoilers about Black Mirror Season Four, Episode Two.
The new season of Black Mirror makes a completely misleading, and medically inaccurate error in its portrayal of abortion. An error that's actually really dangerous.*
To recap, "Arkangel"—the second episode of the dystopian series' fourth season— tells the story of a mother, Marie, who surveils her teen daughter Sara using a chip that's been implanted in her brain. Through this monitoring software, Sara's mum learns that her daughter is pregnant. We then see Marie going to a pharmacy shortly before she crushes two pills which she adds to a smoothie for her daughter.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/04/black-mirror-emergency-contraception-abortion/)
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This story contains spoilers about Black Mirror Season Four, Episode Two.
The new season of Black Mirror makes a completely misleading, and medically inaccurate error in its portrayal of abortion. An error that's actually really dangerous.*
To recap, "Arkangel"—the second episode of the dystopian series' fourth season— tells the story of a mother, Marie, who surveils her teen daughter Sara using a chip that's been implanted in her brain. Through this monitoring software, Sara's mum learns that her daughter is pregnant. We then see Marie going to a pharmacy shortly before she crushes two pills which she adds to a smoothie for her daughter.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/04/black-mirror-emergency-contraception-abortion/)
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