I wrote that many years ago in response to an editorial in the newspaper that simply gushed over the wonders of abortion. It's part of my worldview that conscience is a very particular little bugger that infests the mind and refuses to equivocate, no matter what rationalizations the conscious mind indulges in.
I wrote a short novel on the same theme, a Christmas story called A Fantasía for Two Lutes, which allegorizes the guilt of Western society. Coincidentally, in honor of the Christmas season, it's available for the next few days as a free on Amazon.