If only abortion was legal then this tragedy never would have happened.
Not neccesarily true, though I agree with the spirit (I assume) you meant it in.
Even if abortion were legal, she could have decided against it in the "optimum" time-frame - i.e., first trimester - and then decided at a later date that she "didn't want the kid after all, so sorry. What's your return policy?" and done the same thing.
But that brings to mind the question: exactly what sort of woman is so desperate to rid herself of her unborn that she shoots herself in the stomach?
Fully expecting deadpan answers of "psychotic b!tch" or along those lines... ;)
~Moshi-chan