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...