Yeah, Twilight is horrible. I can't say it really was much of an abortion debate, though that depends. Always felt more like "BELLA IS AMAZING CAUSE SHE HAS A WORKING UTERUS, BOW DOWN TO HER!" and not must abort. Then again, her 'pregnancy' is skipped for half the month it took and the rest of the month is focusing on Jacob whining that the girl that 'rejected' him, married someone else is now having a child from that someone else. Woe is him!
Then again, Bella has the issue of not 'rejecting' Jacob properly. Eh, meh, meander, meander, never says flat out to tell him to back off. I dunno what the point of that was - Love Triangles only sound fun until you are in one. (And since there never was a chance for Bella-Jacob, why this would even be considered a Triangle...)
But yeah, this sounds weird, but as crap as Twilight is, I almost feel like saying it's not as bad... when compared to the shit it spawned, like Hush, Hush or Fifty Shades. Yeah, Twilight is horrible, but not that bad... which just feels weird to admit.
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Bloated mess of a series
When Meyer began writing, she presumably meant to write a grand romance between two people destined to be together despite all the obstacles in their way.
Instead the result was a bloated series full of Unfortunate Implications and poorly developed characters, almost solely due to her abysmal writing skills. I personally found the following to be the most abhorrent aspects of the series.
1) Characterization: Meyer meant to write Bella as a stand-in for the reader. However Bella does have a personality - she begins as a whiny brat and becomes increasingly manipulative.(Just look at how she treats Charlie and initially Jacob.) Edward is a controlling asshole(he disables Bella's car to prevent her visiting Jacob). The rest of the Cullens are mostly flat characters until it's convenient.(Rosalie wasn't important until the abortion debate). Jacob and Charlie begin as well-developed characters until Meyer decided they were too popular and deliberately derailed them to get the fanbase on Edward and Bella's side. The problem here is that the so-called heroes never appear to be heroes - they come off as Unintentionally Unsympathetic at best since they're dismissive of Leah and they don't appear to care about the potential death of any human except Bella.
2)Language: Where do I begin? Poor syntax, overuse of the ellipsis and dash, clumsy vocabulary(her characters mumble,mutter,groan,hiss,spit but never say anything). Meyer needs to put down the thesaurus and consider appropriate word usage.
3)Romance: One of Meyer's biggest mistakes. I just felt that their romance was inconsistently developed - we're told that Bella and Edward are soulmates, instead we're never shown why they're right for each other, or moments of genuine affection and understanding between them. Not to mention that rather than focus on genuinely developing obstacles that could harm their love(such as present the Volturi/newborn army) as legitimately threatening. Not very promising villains(Breaking Dawn finale?)
4)Unfortunate Implications: A large amount. I'll just state briefly that the treatment of Leah, Edward and Bella's relationship and Jacob's infamous relationship with Nessie all contribute.