From the Ellie Lee article:

“Ann Furedi, chief executive of bpas, the organisation that now provides an increasing proportion of second-trimester abortions, argues that when women request later abortions it is often 'because something has changed in their lives. It might be discovering her boyfriend is having an affair, or a man she thought would support her let her down. She might have lost her job or been ambivalent about the pregnancy from the start, but has taken a long time to make up her mind'”

OK, you got that? Now read this paragraph from the same article:

“American feminist Noami Wolf, for example, recently expressed her disquiet about post-12 week abortions (7). She concluded, on the basis of what ultrasound shows us, that the 24-week time limit is 'too generous', and that after three months 'a network of supportive adoption agencies should be on hand to help and sustain the pregnant woman and her baby'. Her main justification for this argument is her own experience of pregnancy, through which she 'discovered' that at 12 weeks the fetus looks like a baby, moves around a lot, and that she had very strong feelings towards it. British newspaper columnist India Knight also recanted her previous support for abortion after becoming a mother

This is an approach to abortion from an entirely subjective viewpoint. These commentators seem to think it is legitimate to make a case about abortion policy according to how they feel about their own pregnancies and experience. ...

This approach is even worse than that of the anti-abortion lobby, who at least have a moral argument to make (albeit one that is profoundly wrong). The prevalence of personal experience arguments in the abortion debate is symptomatic of a general trend today - the 'it's all about me' tendency, where many commentators seem unable to comment on an issue and work out where they stand without invoking their own feelings and experience.”

So feelings are a good motivation for having an abortion, but never for avoiding an abortion. Those horrible mothers, only thinking about themselves!

Here’s another mind-bender:

“Those who argue for such a change often talk of a profound 'ethical dilemma'. They claim that because doctors can now save the lives of very premature babies - born, for example, at 22 weeks - abortions should not be permitted at this stage...

This 'dilemma' can be resolved if the starting point becomes the woman, rather than the fetus. Taking such an approach can help us to understand why medical practice should both fight as hard as it can to save prematurely born babies, and also help women who seek to terminate 22-week pregnancies. It makes sense if the aim, in both cases, is to assist the woman to achieve what she wants.”

But of course that’s not selfish or subjective.