Of course abortion doctors lie, but I’m betting a large number of the women are really hoping to be lied to.
What else can they tell themselves? That they knew it was a baby, their son or daughter, but wanted him\her chopped up anyway? No one’s going to admit that.
For one...fear. It can make people behave in strange ways. Namely, not thinking clearly enough to see what’s behind the fear until the threat is no longer there. It’s self-preservation coupled with perhaps spiritual blindness.