How far from abort?

Apollo 12 was struck by lightning and the capsule went dead.
Apollo 13 had problems with a second stage (?) inboard engine.
Apollo 14 had some problems with docking.

Were any of them close to aborting their mission? It might have been
better if 13 DID abort.

Also, after 13's exposion, was it possible to stop and back up,
instead of circling the moon then coming back?
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