I'd say the media are giving people what they want to hear. Many people want (or think they might sometime want) abortions, so they look for evidence that this is a responsible choice, perhaps difficult but not too difficult to live with. It's no different than any of the other justifications we hear these days for behavior that would have been considered deviant in the days before the Lifestyle Revolution of the '60s and '70s. Just check out what our FreeRepublicans think about
shacking up.