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[–] Thereunto 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

If that would be her only child, she improves her remarketability and quality of prospective mates by not having the child (including by putting up for adoption, etc). There is motivation for her to find an escape route.

If that would have been the man's only child, her action of aborting is literally scrubbing what was left of him out of existence. From the perspective of the man's parents, that is devastating (especially if they poorly chose to just have one child).

Another possibility is that the woman conceived the child extramaritally and wanted to avoid complication of potential long-term fallout.