When former head writer Megan McTavish rewrote Erica's abortion to not have been an abortion due to the antics of Dr. Greg Madden, it upset fans who felt that it was "a disgrace" to the ground-breaking abortion storyline Agnes Nixon had written three decades earlier.
Megan McTavish, the former head writer, changed Erica's abortion story so that it wasn't an abortion, as a result of Dr. Greg Madden's actions. This upset fans who felt it was disrespectful to the original abortion storyline Agnes Nixon had created thirty years prior.