 The books have also been widely critiqued as promoting , normalizing , and idealizing an emotionally and physically abusive relationship . Sci @-@ fi website i09 noted that Bella and Edward 's relationship meets all fifteen criteria set by the National Domestic Violence Hotline for being in an abusive relationship . L. Lee Butler of Young Adult Library Services Association commented how he was unusually hesitant to stock the Twilight books in his library because he felt the books were " robbing [ teen girls ] of agency and normalizing stalking and abusive behavior . " Many female @-@ oriented and feminist media outlets , like Jezebel , The Frisky , and Salon.com have decried Twilight as promoting an anti @-@ woman message . Bitch magazine stated the novels " had created a new , popular genre of " abstinence porn " , concluding that , " In reality , the abstinence message — wrapped in the genre of abstinence porn — objectifies Bella in the same ways that ' real ' porn might . The Twilight books conflate Bella losing her virginity with the loss of other things , including her sense of self and her very life . Such a high @-@ stakes treatment of abstinence reinforces the idea that Bella is powerless , an object , a fact that is highlighted when we get to the sex scenes in Breaking Dawn . " Ms. declared that Twilight promotes a physically abusive relationship and an anti @-@ abortion message . However , writer Angela Aleiss of Religion News Service said that contrary to popular opinion , Mormons do permit abortion when the mother 's life is in danger . Bella 's refusal to abort her fetus , along with her quick marriage and pregnancy , instead underscore the Mormon emphasis on family . 
