User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 525: Why Did the Emperor Never Love His Child?, Review/@comment-5006572-20170306203308/@comment-7418318-20170306214220

Considering how Precht debated internally what to do with the unborn child, I think abortion of sorts was actually an option... either that or leaving the child frozen for the rest of eternity (or rather until Mavis got out of the crystal at any rate, even though Precht didn't seem to believe that would ever happen).