We Testify storytellers discuss where the latest season of Netflix's sci-fi drama Black Mirror fell short and imagine what the creators could have done if they wanted to be truly futuristic about abortion access.
The show that focuses on technology's twisted effects couldn't figure out something pretty simple: the difference between emergency contraception and medication abortion.
"If we are asking people to be the voice, be the face, we’re asking them to be kind of brave and courageous when they talk about these things ... And that’s empowering."
Running a family planning clinic without electricity has proven a monumental challenge, with little hope for improving conditions in the coming months. “There is still a lot of work to be done to overcome the devastation in our neighborhoods."
For now, Republicans have dropped their crusade to expand a federal ban on abortion coverage in the nation's health insurance plans, but they are likely to return to the issue when lawmakers return to Capitol Hill in January.
From all-out efforts to stop Republican attacks on the Affordable Care Act to counter-protests against white supremacists, 2017 demonstrated the power of resistance.
