Most likely, the studio suits had some marketing research that led them to inject a dose of abortion angst into the script. The least likely explanation is that the character detail was chosen based on principle.
Would it be up to the suits, rather than the writer or the director? Would they really market test for something like that?
The least likely explanation is that the character detail was chosen based on principle.
Would it have been better if it were? Anything that comes across as preachy would turn an audience off.
It's doubtful that they made the movie to make a pro-life point. But the fact that somebody in Hollywood feels and acknowledges ambivalence about abortion could be a good sign.