http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/20/scandal-abortion

Planned Parenthood released a statement immediately following last night’s shocking midseason finale applauding Shonda Rhimes. Meanwhile, the conservative Media Research Council responded with disgust, saying: “Hollywood’s liberal values permeate movies and television. Last night’s episode of ABC’s Scandal was pretty much an hour-long advertisement for Planned Parenthood.” PLUS: Why this storyline took the abortion debate a step further than most shows (http://jezebel.com/watch-the-abortion-scene-from-last-nights-scandal-1743728436), and this was the second time Scandal broached (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/scandal-shonda-rhimes-tackles-abortion-842339) the controversial abortion debate.

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/20/9769634/scandal-abortion-shonda-rhimes

As Sarah Kliff points out, Thursday’s scene was "surprising in two ways. First, it was an on-air depiction of the actual abortion procedure — something that's never been shown onscreen on a network (read: non-cable) primetime series…Second, and a bit more subtly, Scandal provides a different reason for having an abortion.” PLUS: Shonda Rhimes expertly calculated (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/20/scandal-shows-an-abortion-inside-the-shocking-controversial-episode.html) that abortion scene, Tony Goldwyn says (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/scandal-abortion-fitz-olivia-breakup-842508), "That abortion blew my mind,” and it portrayed as an intimate event portrayed without judgment (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/11/scandal-olivia-pope-abortion/417048).

http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/12/how-abortions-on-tv-dont-reflect-reality.html

That leads to misconceptions about women who terminate their pregnancy, like that they’re not already mothers.