General Hospital soap makes a huge mistake!

On the March 15th episode of General Hospital, it shows a young teenage girl getting abused by her boyfriend. It's a storyline that has been ongoing for awhile, but has finally climaxed at her getting severely beaten, where as prior to this she has been verbal abused, slapped, and grabbed roughly. ABC has been promoting this week of episodes to be a teaching moment for teenagers to learn about abuse and what to do about it. Saying it's a must see for teenage girls, and that the story is "ripped from the headlines". The storyline of a teenage girl being beaten by her boyfriend, taken to the hospital and hopefully in future episodes showing the aftermath of what happens, is a good lesson. It is a hard lesson to learn and unfortunately something that needs to be discussed with our girls. HOWEVER, the last scene of the episode shows the teenage girl LYING about her attacker. This is the most irresponsible thing I've seen on TV in a really long time. I understand that this is what happens in some cases, that women are afraid of their attackers and therefore lie about who they are...however, this is a soap opera, that is promoting this as a learning moment to teenagers...they cannot and should not be showing the girl lying!! We need to show what SHOULD be done, not what IS done...we need to TEACH women to tell the truth and show the story line regarding the truth, which is just as difficult to get through as the abuse itself. I'm furious about this and am SO glad that my daughter isn't old enough to watch soaps. I feel bad for the parents that took ABC at face value and showed this episode to their children and then had to try and re-teach the real lesson, that it's NOT ok to lie. In addition to teaching young women it's not OK to lie about an abusive situation, we cannot forget how this affects the young men. GH needs to be responsible and show what really can happen to an abuser (man or woman), that they will go to jail, that there are consequences. If they wanted this to be a story line only, they should add a disclaimer to the show, if they wanted this to be a teaching moment as they promoted, they need to do it the right way! It's irresponsible of them to show a PSA at the end of the show regarding abuse and then show what NOT to do on the show. Kids are kids, they may not be able to see the difference in reality and fiction if they are in this situation.
Please make your comments on the soapnet.com, abc.com, or abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital, so that the writers and ABC know we don't agree with this!