Maybe she condensed the conversation to meet her required number of words in the article. I seriously doubt it was no more complex than that. Besides - men really don't have much power in decisions like this. At least he wasn't the one who wanted to "get rid of" the babies. Can't you give him credit for that?
Should Hitler be given credit for not wanting to exterminate 6 million Jews? The "Final Solution" was Eichmann's idea after all.
I'm sure as any "modern" guy dating a feminist, he knew he had no right to voice his objections, or to "force" them on her.