What is the underlying meaning of the story "Hills like White Elephants"?

A story
does not have to have a meaning. The purpose of a short story is to convey an emotional effect.
What is important is the feeling that is left with the reader upon finishing the story. Most
readers must feel terribly sorry for the pregnant girl because she wants to keep the baby
growing inside her and also because she is coming to the realization that the man's feelings for
her are not as strong or as sincere as she had supposed. She loves him more than he loves her.
The reader might end up with the feeling that what is true in the relationship between this
couple is unfortunately true of many relationships between men and women. The fact that they are
in a foreign country...