The Walking Dead: Showrunner Glen Mazzara Responds to Recent Complaints

We assumed that a scene from last week's episode of The Walking Dead would cause some controversy , but showrunner Glen Mazzara has officially commented after complaints from multiple organizations, including the ACLU.

**Spoiler Warning** In "Secrets", Lori takes multiple "morning after" pills in an attempt to have an abortion. Those who watch the show regularly knew that the point of this scene was not to comment on pro life vs. pro choice or to teach viewer how to properly use emergency contraceptives. This was showing the internal struggle that Lori has had all season about living in a "Dead" world, and was also brought up when they needed to decide whether or not to keep Carl alive.

The American Civil Liberties Union posted a blog recently and said that the show was promoting false information: "'The Walking Dead' is not doing its fans or themselves any favors by promoting false information. Lori is several weeks pregnant and the morning-after pill can't induce a miscarriage. What it can do is prevent pregnancy if taken within 5 days of unprotected sex; although the sooner it is taken the more likely it is to work."

Showrunner Glen Mazzara responded by letting critics know that the writers were fully aware of how the emegency contrapctive works and that this was not them taking a political stance:

"The producers and writers of 'The Walking Dead' are fully aware that the morning-after pill would not induce an abortion or miscarriage,.... We exercised our artistic creative license to explore a storyline with one of our characters, not to make any pro-life or pro-choice political statement. We sincerely hope that people are not turning to the fictional world of 'The Walking Dead' for accurate medical information."

What do you think? Is there anything wrong with The Walking Dead having a character who doesn't know how to use the "morning after" pill as way to show her internal struggle?