Reply #247: it's a perfectly reasonable question

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the state of their relationship (since we are making up scenarios) is that she KNOWS he will want her to carry the pregnancy to term, yet she also KNOWS that she can't/doesn't want to carry it to term. she KNOWS that he will be very upset and angry if he even thinks she is considering abortion. the future health of their relationship will be damaged if he knows she is pregnant and she is going to have an abortion. so she doesn't tell him.

why should she discuss it with him? why does she need his opinion? why is he entitled to express his opinion about what she can do with her body?

again, what is the point of considering his opinion, unless it is to allow him a chance to sway her decision to be what HE wants it to be. her choice is not freely made in this case.