I should have put that in a better time context. Not now of course, but there was a time soon after the Roe v. Wade decisions that women I knew wore it almost as a badge of honor - that they were liberated women and did not want to be inconvenienced with a child. The doctors were enablers as was Planned Parenthood. There was not enough known about the stages of a fetus then. It was also reflective of other irresponsible behavior of the time in terms of sex and drugs. The facelift reference was a metaphor for how careless the issue was treated back then.

Today younger people are much better educated and more responsible when it comes to issues of sexual conduct. Birth control is much more available and sexual activity is not as reckless as it was.