Whoever wrote this is wholly ignorant of the Cult of Moloch
Priests of the Cult of Moloch impreganted their slave-women. The children were born and allowed to live for 3 months, then they were ritually killed and burned on altars as offerings for rain, good harvests, and success in war.
Those babies were intentionally bred for the purpose of being sacrificed to Moloch.
One might conflate abortion as a form of birth control to Moloch worship only if they were truly ignorant of the practice and intending to sow discord amongst the populace.