Since the justification for this is steeped in religion, I can’t help but think of it in those terms. I know context and all, but today I keep coming back to Matthew 23:
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
In my view, the pro-life movement has it backwards; the prevalence of abortion is a symptom of our societal sickness. If abortion is murder, then the pro-life movement is complicit in that murder, since they gleefully participate in and spread the societal sickness. No matter how harsh or strong the anti-abortion law, the pro-life movement will never absolve their moral responsibility until they are willing to upend our society and pay the costs of the burdens they create. If you think you’re advocating for the unborn but you want vulnerable young women and girls to bear the cost and burden of your advocacy, whose interests are you actually pursuing?