Why did Stevie have the abortion?

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Originally Posted by twinmatrix

Hey guys, I hope this isn't too sensitive of a subject to ask.

I read that Goodbye Baby / The Tower is possibly written about her abortion with Don, and that it's confirmed Sara is partially about the baby as well.

Do we know why she had the abortion? If I listen to Goodbye Baby it almost sounds like she was "forced" to do it (mentally or circumstance-wise).

Henley didn't want it. She talked to him and she said he didn't give one hint about actually keeping the baby. So, jet booty calls and then abort the kid. I wonder what decisions she would have made if it weren't for the drugs. You get high, eff around and things happen. Too bad she didn't have the baby. I think using the reasoning that she has said, such as the kid would have been messed up growing up doesn't work. Her mother, I'm sure, would have agreed that having a messed up kid is no reason to not have it. She had one and Stevie came out of it. I feel sorry for Stevie, but it takes two to tango. And I'm sorry she chose to kill the baby. I think she must have regrets about that deep down. Life with drugs is no life.

Ps. I'm very pro-life. I love Stevie.