History GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion / Film

* In ''Film/{{Juno}}'', the main character goes to an abortion clinic but doesn't like the place when she gets there. After a protester tells her that fetuses have fingernails (which isn't actually true at that stage in the pregnancy, in case you were wondering), she decides she'll be putting her baby up for adoption. Her exact reason for deciding against abortion isn't specified, and is pretty much left up to the imagination of the viewer. The slightly more obvious meta-reason she didn't get one is that [[NecessaryWeasel if she got the abortion, there'd be no plot]], and much of the movie can be considered a love-song to adoption and non-biological parents (particularly adoptive and stepmothers). Some have taken the film as having an anti-abortion message; Creator/DiabloCody has denied this and expressed regret for not making clearer Juno's reason for not getting an abortion, which was simply that she decided she didn't want to.

* ''Film/AWedding1978'': Zigzagged. When it turns out that Buffy is pregnant, most of her family wants her to have an abortion. However, Dr. Meecham says that she's too far along in the pregnancy for an abortion to be safe. Additionally, the need for an abortion becomes less urgent when it turns out that her new brother-in-law probably isn't the baby's father after all. Buffy's AmbiguousDisorder makes it unclear what she thinks of the whole thing.

* Played straight in ''Film/WishYouWereHere''. When Lynda must come to a decision about whether to terminate, or to go through with the pregnancy and give the baby up for adoption, Lynda chooses to have the baby [[spoiler: and raises him as her own]].

* ''Film/{{Waves}}'': Tyles takes Alexis to have an abortion when he gets her pregnant. After they leave she tells him she'd decided against it, which enrages Tyler and he tries persuading her otherwise. This leads ultimately to her death when he hits Alexis later and accidentally kills her.

* ''Film/SaveTheDate'': Sarah gets pregnant by Jonathan accidentally. At first she does consider abortion, but then soon reconsiders when Beth offers to support her whatever decision she's made. The end implies she is just about to inform Jonathan.

* In ''Film/{{Juno}}'', the main character goes to an abortion clinic but doesn't like the place when she gets there. After a protester tells her that fetuses have fingernails (which isn't actually true at that stage in the pregnancy, in case you were wondering), she decides she'll be putting her baby up for adoption. Her exact reason for deciding against abortion isn't specified, and is pretty much left up to the imagination of the viewer. The slightly more obvious meta-reason she didn't get one is that [[NecessaryWeasel if she got the abortion, there'd be no plot]], and much of the movie can be considered a love-song to adoption and non-biological parents (particularly adoptive- and step-mothers).

* Subverted in ''Film/CoachCarter'', where Kyra is initially planning to keep her baby (despite being a teenager). It's later revealed that she got an abortion. Neither the movie nor her boyfriend demonize her for this.

* ''Film/AWedding1978'': Zigzagged. When it turns out that Buffy is pregnant, most of her family wants her to have an abortion. However, Dr. Meecham says that she's too far along in the pregnancy for an abortion to be safe. Additionally, the need for an abortion becomes less urgent when it turns out that her new brother-in-law probably isn't the baby's father after all. Buffy's AmbiguousDisorder makes it unclear what she thinks of the whole thing.
* ''Film/TheLifeBeforeHerEyes'': She gets the abortion, but the film treats it as a very bad decision with lasting consequences.
* In ''Film/FoolsRushIn'', the father actually implies he would prefer an abortion (that is as long as the mother is choosing it, so he doesn't have to take any moral responsibility for the decision). The mother responds that she is going to keep the baby. While not explicitly justified, the fact that the mother is a devout Catholic probably justifies the "no abortion" aspect of the movie.
* In ''Film/{{The Fly|1986}}'', the heroine Veronica's decision to get an abortion in the third act is given the defense that her baby might not be human -- while it breaks her heart that it's coming to this, she is determined to see things through ("I'll do it myself if I have to"). However, before the procedure can take place, her lover -- horrified that she would abort a child that might be the last remnant of his waning humanity -- kidnaps her and pleads with her to reconsider; when she refuses to do so, [[spoiler: he attempts to genetically fuse himself with her and the unborn child to create "the ultimate family"]]. Four epilogues were shot to resolve this plot point, with only one depicting her deciding to keep the child, but none survived the test screening process, accidentally leaving a SequelHook. ''Film/TheFlyII'' thus opens with the reveal that she was convinced to have the child by the BigBad; she suffers DeathByChildbirth and indeed the child isn't fully human, [[spoiler: but he gets better]].
* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''Film/{{The Doors|1991}}'': During Jim's breakdown toward the end, at least two women claim to be pregnant. In one scene, he talks over the matter with Patricia. She wants to keep the baby and raise it ("It would be a genius."), Jim is against raising it ("It would be a monster."). She says she doesn't like "the other fucking thing, either." Although Jim offers to pay for the abortion and support her through it the idea upsets Patricia, although she's so far been shown as a feminist and a practicing white witch (the very women who might have been persecuted for providing abortifacients in the past). The outcome isn't shown, and Jim flies to Paris shortly after.
* In ''Film/{{Juno}}'', the main character goes to an abortion clinic but doesn't like the place when she gets there. After a protester tells her that fetuses have fingernails (which isn't actually true at that stage in the pregnancy, in case you were wondering), she decides she'll be putting her baby up for adoption. Her exact reason for deciding against abortion isn't specified, and is pretty much left up to the imagination of the viewer. The slightly more obvious meta-reason she didn't get one is that [[NecessaryWeasel if she got the abortion, there'd be no plot]], and much of the movie can be considered a love-song to adoption and non-biological parents (particularly adoptive- and step-mothers).
* In ''Film/BreakfastOnPluto'', Patrick "Kitten" Braden's childhood friend Charlie travels to London to have an abortion. Kitten accompanies Charlie to the clinic, assuring her that she's making the right decision, fearing the child might end up a "disaster" like [[CloudCuckoolander Kitten]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser herself]]. Charlie decides against it at the last second -- turns out she wouldn't mind at all if the child ended up like Kitten.
* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': [[spoiler:Dr. Julia Ogden]] reveals that she had an abortion and suffered severe complications, which inspired her friend to become an illegal abortionist-in TheGayNineties in Canada where even contraceptive methods are against the law. She has no regrets, because there was no way she would want to marry her lover, and she wanted to pursue her studies and career. However, it's later revealed that the abortion has left her barren. It's not clear how much she wants kids herself, but she knows the man she loves longs for a family.
* In ''Film/KnockedUp'', the female lead's sister mentions the possibility of abortion, but she decides to bring the baby to term. This was a bone of contention for many critics of the film, who pointed out that a) the father was a schlub she had no previous history with and appeared to be a less-than-suitable father figure b) she had no apparent religious convictions or prestated beliefs as to why she might keep the baby, c) she was an anchor at E! who was rather devoted to climbing the corporate ladder and d) the sister who suggested it and Creator/JonahHill were portrayed very unsympathetically, and the avoidance of the actual word "abortion"-Hill's character refers to it as a "shmushmortion." One unstated but possible reason she decided not to get one is because of the potential fallout of the public finding out she had an abortion, though the film never goes into this.
* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII''. Kay supposedly aborts her second son because she knows the kid is just gonna grow up to be a mafioso like all the other men in the family. This is what leads to her and Michael's final split when he finds out that she had the abortion. It's never really made clear whether we're supposed to root for her or not, [[BlackAndGrayMorality which is just as it should be]]. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation There is also a possibility Kay was lying to Michael about the abortion and really did just have a]] [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarriage]].
* {{Averted|Trope}} in the horror film ''Pin''. Leon's sister, Ursula, discovers that she's pregnant as a result of constantly having unprotected sex. She immediately chooses to have an abortion, which is successful. Afterward, she cleans up her life and the incident is never mentioned again.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played straight]] in ''Film/{{Saved}}''. It doesn't even occur to the main character to have an abortion when she falls pregnant, though this is in-character as a born-again Christian who lives in a very conservative neighborhood, attends a private religious school and was previously shown at pro-life protests. The subject of abortion is only brought up twice, and never actually named, both times by the rebellious Cassandra; only once to Mary's face, and by then, it's "too late."

* An example of only thoroughly messed-up girls getting abortions: in the Dutch movie ''Godforsaken'', the psychotic gangster's [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys girlfriend]] finds out that she's pregnant and then does her own dirty work with a clothes hanger.
* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Film/AprilFoolsDay'' when it turns out that the supposed ShrinkingViolet Nan was pregnant and had an abortion. This comes after someone left a tape of a baby crying in her room. It's implied she got pregnant after a one night stand who dumped her, which serves to make her sympathetic.
* Averted with ''Film/VeraDrake'', which is about a kind, loving 1950 London housewife who secretly performs illegal abortions. The film is entirely sympathetic toward Vera and presents multiple perspectives on the issue, both with realistic patients (including a careless floozy, an exhausted housewife who couldn't afford to raise another child, and a [[RapeAsDrama victim of date rape]]) and with her family when they find out the truth-her husband vows to stay by her side for better or worse, her son believes it's "killing innocent babies," and her daughter's fiancé thinks it's an [[MercyKill act of mercy]] [[ShootTheDog compared to bringing a child who can't be properly cared for into the world.]]
* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Film/TheLastAmericanVirgin''. [[TheCasanova Smooth Operator]] Rick gets titular good-girl Karen pregnant then dumps her. [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Protagonist]] Gary sells his stereo and takes heat from [[BattleaxeNurse Nurse Rached]] to get Karen an abortion, and that's all that's heard regarding pregnancy and procedure. This film is based on the Israeli film [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_Limon Eskimo Limon]] which features the same pregnancy-abortion plot point. Although [[MoodWhiplash the ending]] shows that the 'good' part is rather [[BitchInSheepsClothing debatable]].
* ''Film/LoveIsNotPerfect'': Elena gets accidentally pregnant and has no desire for motherhood. Her boyfriend Marco, the father, pleads with her to have the baby. She does, and leaves their daughter Claudia with him after she's born.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Blue Denim'': After a teenage couple, Janet and Arthur, find themselves expecting a baby, they seek help to pay for an abortion, and find a doctor willing to perform the procedure; however, because it takes place in the 1950's, there is some worry over the safety of the procedure itself and in the end [[spoiler: Arthur, worried that Janet will die, breaks down confessing to his parents, and they go to rescue her ''just'' in the nick of time. They go home, and the parents of both teenagers have a discussion before agreeing, with Janet's consent, to send her to [[StigmaticPregnancyEuphemism live with her aunt]]]]. The characters constantly skate around the word "abortion", but the euphemisms, and the characters' worry about the procedure, makes it pretty clear to the audience as to what it is they're planning to do. In the play [[spoiler: Janet has the abortion after all, and lives through the procedure]].
* In the LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek ''The Devil's Child,'' a woman pregnant with TheAntiChrist tries to get an abortion, but a mysterious explosion kills everyone in the hospital.
* In ''Film/GarageDays'', Kate gets pregnant by Joe, decides to have an abortion, and then changes her mind. However, it's not clear how set she was on the abortion to begin with (the characters were in a bad patch.)
* The film version of ''I Don't Know How She Does It'' has an assistant-who's single, working all hours at her job, and has sworn not to have kids-considering an abortion when she gets pregnant from a one-night stand. Kate simply plants her hands on her shoulders and tells her, "You are going to have this baby." She agrees.
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played straight]] in ''Film/BlueValentine''; Cindy goes to a clinic to get an abortion but backs out at the last possible second.
* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''Film/{{Se7en}}''. Tracy, the wife of one of the main characters, contacts her husband's partner to discuss her pregnancy. She isn't sure she wants to have a child given the environment of the city where they live. Somerset tell her about a previous relationship in which he pressured his partner into having an abortion and later regretted it. He does not actively try to dissuade her, though. [[spoiler: Becomes a moot point when she is killed before deciding what to do about the pregnancy.]]
* ''Film/EnterTheVoid'': Linda receives an abortion after getting pregnant from her boss, a seedy strip club owner. Linda is emotionally damaged and living a dangerous lifestyle, and her abortion plays into that.

* ''Film/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'': {{Subverted|Trope}}. It is implied that sweet, fragile Honey secretly aborts all her pregnancies because she doesn't want to have children.
* Averted in ''Film/TheBigChill'': Meg is telling her old friend Sarah that she's fine giving up on the search for Mr. Right, but frustrated because she's always wanted a child. When Sarah gives her a meaningful look, she quickly adds "But it was the right thing to do at the time." The audience later learns that she's referring to an abortion she had after she and Michael conceived back in their college days. In the end, [[spoiler: Sarah asks her husband to sleep with Meg and father her child]]. Since this was before IVF became widely available, this [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes sense in context.]]
* ''{{Film/ZPG}}'': {{Inverted|Trope}} according to the law of the society in the film, which ''mandates'' abortion since [[PopulationControl reproduction is banned]]. The central plot comes up when the female protagonist Carole fails to have one and secretly gives birth to a child, making her go on the run with her husband Russ.

* Averted by ''If These Walls Could Talk'' in two of its three stories, all surrounding abortion. In the first, the woman gets one in the 1950s from a back-alley doctor and it goes badly wrong, with her fate left uncertain. The second, set shortly after ''Roe vs. Wade'' in the 1970s, ends with a house wife in her forties who already has children unexpectedly getting pregnant, considering abortion but ultimately not having one. The third, set in the then-current era of the 1990s, has a college student have an abortion in spite of her friend counseling against it, running a gauntlet of pro-life activists at the clinic and having the doctor shot during the middle of the operation when a man sneaks in. Despite the case where abortion was chosen against, neither of the women that had abortions is portrayed as bad-the film is quite clearly on the pro-choice side of the issue.
* The killer in the film ''Criminal Law'' believes this to an extreme degree, murdering women who had abortions and eventually his own mother, who performs them (he discovered the rest looking in her records).
* ''Film/AdamsApples'': Sarah, who contemplates having an abortion due to being both a single mother and over the possibility that the baby would have Down Syndrome (given that she's forty). Ivan persuades her to keep it, (falsely) citing his own son who he says was supposed to be born disabled but isn't (he actually is). She goes on to have a son with Down Syndrome, but by then she doesn't seem to care.
* ''Film/MrBrooks'': Strangely enough considering that he's a serial killer, Mr. Brooks objects when his pregnant daughter says she may have an abortion, although he backs down she fires back that it's her decision, softening it to how a grandchild would be a great gift to her mother and him. We don't learn what she decided before the film ends.
* In ''Film/LookWhosTalking'', Molly gets pregnant as a result of her relationship with a married man. When she tells him about the baby, she makes it abundantly clear that despite the unfavorable circumstances, "This baby is you and me and I'm ''not'' having an abortion." He quickly assures her that he doesn't want her to.
* Justified in ''Film/APlaceInTheSun'' (1951). While UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode prevented the mention of it and it wasn't even legal then, there is also the fact that the vulnerable and very human Alice is apprehensive about obtaining an abortion and if she did, the film would end or spin into another plot.
* ''Film/ForKeeps'' has Darcy and Stan, high school seniors, facing a Teen Pregnancy. Their parents suggest abortion and adoption respectively, and Darcy even plans for an abortion, but she ultimately decides against it.
* ''Film/{{Parenthood}}'': When Karen tells husband Gil that she's pregnant with the couple's fourth child, she asks him point blank if he wants her to do this, given his less-than-thrilled reaction and the chaos their life is currently in--oldest son in therapy, Gil just quit his job, Karen wants to start working again, etc. They argue about it and Gil storms out without them having come to a decision, but several days later, he has accepted the pregnancy and they've decided to make it work.
* This is the message of ''Film/WhereAreMyChildren'', likely the first film ever involving abortion, released 1916. It revolves around a prosecutor who, after securing a conviction against a doctor for performing a botched abortion, discovers his wife was one of the man's clients, along with several of her friends. All of them got abortions because having children interferes with their social life. When he confronts his wife, she is remorseful, and they are then shown as a sad, lonely childless couple. On the other hand, it favors contraception, then also illegal and very controversial. Abortions at the time were very dangerous given the illegal conditions which existed, although the film portrays them as inherently psychologically damaging too (which is not the case, however [[ScienceMarchesOn no one likely knew this at the time]]). The danger is shown with another woman that Another character who gets an abortion dies from going to a BackAlleyDoctor. It was [[BannedInChina banned in Pennsylvania]] for being "indecent".
* A pretty disturbing example comes from the Christian pro-life movie ''Loving The Bad Man'' when our protagonist is impregnated from a brutal rape. Because of religious beliefs, she rejects the idea of terminating the pregnancy despite her family's insistence, but in fact meets up with her rapist who's in prison, makes friends with him and wants him to be involved in their child's life.
* ''Film/Code46'': {{Inverted|Trope}}. The authorities give Maria an abortion without her consent because William had got her pregnant, and wipe her memory afterward. [[spoiler: It's because she's a clone of his mother, which violates the "Code 46" of the title.]]
* ''Film/FatalAttraction'': Alex decides not to abort ex-lover Dan's baby, though not on any particular moral grounds, just that pregnancy was highly unlikely for her in the first place (she wasn't even using birth control, having assumed she was infertile), and that [[MyBiologicalClockIsTicking time is running out]] for her to have children.
* In ''Film/LoveWithTheProperStranger'', Rocky helps Angie by scheduling and paying for an appointment with a BackAlleyDoctor, but when they both see the conditions of the "office", they flee in horror.

* In ''Film/LoveRosie'', the titular character gets accidentally pregnant, but doesn't have an abortion, explained as a vestige of her Catholic upbringing, even though she's not a believer herself.

* ''{{Film/Flatliners}}'': In the remake it turns out what Jamie did is abandon his pregnant girlfriend rather than going with her to get an abortion. When he later goes to ask her for forgiveness, it turns out she didn't go through with having an abortion (possibly ''because'' of him abandoning her) and they have a son that Jamie never knew about.
* Subverted in ''Film/CoachCarter'', where Kyra is initially planning to keep her baby (despite being a teenager). It's later revealed that she got an abortion. Neither the movie nor her boyfriend demonize her for this.
* The Irish film ''Film/{{Dive}}'' deals with a champion swimmer getting pregnant while she's still in school. Heightening the tension is the fact that abortion was illegal in Ireland at the time[[note]]They actually repealed the 8th amendment mere weeks after the film's release.[[/note]] - meaning if she wanted one, she'd have to travel to the UK for the procedure.
* ''Film/IntoTheForest'': After Eva gets pregnant due to rape, though her sister Neil suggests an abortion, and even looks up how to induce one in a medical book she has, Eva decides against doing so, saying she doesn't want to lose anything else. She also had suffered a miscarriage in the past, and thus wants to have a child. In the end Nell helps her give birth and they intend to raise the baby together.

* ''Film/ListenToMe'': All the nuances are explored with the debate on abortion, and the protagonists argue against it. Monica however, who reveals she actually had an abortion, is treated sympathetically. None of the pro-life arguments made ever actually say women that had abortions were bad either.
* ''{{Film/Ladybird}}'': A pro-life speaker is brought to the school and tries convincing the students about this with a story of her own mother who decided against getting an abortion. Lady Bird is not convinced by this, and tells the woman so quite rudely, resulting in her suspension.
* ''Film/StealingHeaven'': The older woman who realizes Héloïse is pregnant says if she used the rennet of a hare, this could have prevented it and might even still work, clearly implying abortion. Héloïse barely listens to her though, delighted that she's pregnant with Abelard's child.
* ''Film/BloodQuantum'': ZigZaggingTrope. Joseph's girlfriend Charlie is planning on getting an abortion early in the movie, and Joseph is supportive, but it never happens because of the chaos caused at the hospital by the zombie outbreak.
* In the 1949 drama, ''Film/NotWanted'', directed by Creator/IdaLupino, the whole social issue of unwed mothers is addressed. Sally, the unwed mother, had no other choice available to her other than to give birth.
* ''Film/ActOfVengeance'': One of the women mentions her past abortion was used by the defense at her rape trial, painting her as bad in the jury's eyes.
* ''Film/NocturnalAnimals'': Susan possibly aborting Edward's child, and him finding out about this, is the final straw where he stops trying to repair their relationship. Given that she expresses strong dislike of the idea, it's possible Susan didn't do it.
* ''Film/PortraitOfALadyOnFire'': Averted. Sophie decides to abort her pregnancy, and this is an important moment in building the friendship between the two protagonists and her. Nobody talks about it ever in a negative manner. Marianne also mentions having an abortion in the past, which is also portrayed neutrally. This explains why she knows various methods for inducing one.
* ''Film/TheObjectOfMyAffection'': The possibility of abortion is only alluded to briefly in the beginning when Nina gets pregnant, and she quickly decides on having the baby.
* ''Film/WhatToExpectWhenYoureExpecting'': Rosie briefly brings up abortion since she's accidentally pregnant and unhappy with the fact, but then decides against it. She then has a [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarriage later]], by which time she's grown to like being pregnant, and is quite devastated (though hiding it). Rosie thinks it's her fault since she didn't want the baby at first.
* Played with in ''Film/BlackChristmas1974''. Jess discovers she's pregnant and plans to get an abortion, even when her boyfriend proposes marriage. Her reasons are that she's too young to start a family, and she's presented sympathetically. The boyfriend is then implied to be abusive (and he's a suspect for who could be the killer), which helps make Jess's decision more sympathetic.

* ''Film/MissMeadows'': Miss Meadows seems to be contemplating abortion after learning she's pregnant, since she asks her doctor if it's wrong bringing a child into [[CrapsackWorld such a bad world]]. The doctor however says so long as she gives her child love, it will be fine, and Miss Meadows chooses to keep her baby. It helps that she [[FriendToAllChildren adores children in general]] already.
* Discussed, but averted, in ''Film/{{Grandma}}''. Sage's plan is to have an abortion because she's still in high school, and she knows she wouldn't be able to make it into college while raising a child. At one point in the film, she agonizes over whether it's the right decision, whether it makes her a bad person, and if it might lead her to go to Hell, but Elle convinces her to stay the course. At the clinic, she goes in to talk to the counselor on her own, and it initially seems ambiguous as to whether she went through with it, but it's then made clear that she did.
* ''Film/Switch1991'': Amanda considered having an abortion, she was even in the doctor's office for it, but then concluded that God might want her to have a baby.
* ''Theatre/ForColoredGirls'': Reluctantly Nyla, after finding out she's pregnant, gets a back-alley abortion and is left traumatized after the event (especially since she was left bleeding). Her mother Alice though tells her that what's in her womb "had to be destroyed". Tangie had one as well, given that she tells her sister where to find said abortionist, Rose, and it was confirmed later that Alice took her to a back-alley abortionist.
* Averted in ''Film/NeverRarelySometimesAlways''. The film is all about Autumn's journey to receive a safe and legal abortion, and the film passes no judgment on her for this.

* ''Film/ANewYorkChristmasWedding'': The word isn't said, but Father Kelly advised Gabby not to have an abortion, instead giving up her baby for adoption. She followed his advice in the prime timeline [[spoiler:but miscarried anyway]]. However, in the new timeline it's indicated that she had an abortion rather than do as he'd said, as Gabby still mentions getting pregnant but has no child in the present, and the conversation the two have implies she'd rejected his advice.
* ''Film/FifteenAndPregnant'': Played completely straight. Evie considers it "murder" and Tina herself calls it the most "wrong, disgusting and gross thing you can do". Tina therefore gives birth while just 15 (thus the film title) though her friend and friend's mother disagree, suggesting abortion.
* ''Film/TooSoonToLove'' is a Type 3. When Cathy and Jim are shopping around for an abortionist, they learn the address of a sketchy BackAlleyDoctor who works in the red light district, up a narrow staircase in a dirty, badly-maintained building that can be accessed via a literal back alley. Cathy chickens out when she sees the tear-streaked face of one of the abortionist's patients. Later, she finds a real doctor who will give her an abortion for $500. Jim steals the $370 they need, but Cathy refuses to spend stolen money.

* ''Film/SweetSweetLonelyGirl'': Beth initially told Adele she's pregnant and what she'll name the baby if it's a girl. However, later she's had an abortion. This is treated neutrally.
* ''Film/FreshmanYear'': CJ and his family, being conservative Christians, oppose abortion (which is not at all surprising). Marcella does consider it, but ultimately decides to have the baby. CJ related to her that when a doctor detected he might have birth defects, he'd advised his mom to abort too (of course she didn't).
* ''Film/SaveTheDate'': Sarah gets pregnant by Jonathan accidentally. At first she does consider abortion, but then soon reconsiders when Beth offers to support her whatever decision she's made. The end implies she is just about to inform Jonathan.