I am speculating, but these things happen much mor often then you may think. Pregnancy is a risky thing, and getting pregnant accidentally is a large possibility, no matter how careful you are. And when pregnancy can end the mother’s life, an abortion can be the difference between life and death. Let me ask you this. Which is more important: The life of a woman or even young girl who got pregnant accidentally or intentionally, but learned that carrying their baby to term will kill them and the baby? Or the life of a clump of cells with a few electric pulses that will live 3 hours of agony before dying?