You have trouble with it because you can physically see a women who has a baby in her and you picture that baby. Congratulations you are human.
I haven't seen the women so for me I can set aside the human emotions and just look at the facts, abusive EX husband who would then never be out of her life (pretty scary if you ask me), no money to properly support a kid, and not emotionally stable to support a kid let alone herself and the added anxiety of having to interact with the father.
As a society without a population issue (meaning we have plenty of people and are not a dying breed) the choice seems easy.
Would any of that be relevant if the kid were 1-day old and the mother was thinking of smothering it?
