“The reasoning went something like that it was of such horrific personal consequences — approaching the horror of suicide — that she’d have to be mad to consent to such a thing and so mercy will be shown.”
Each day there are thousands of woman that have an abortion. Many are more than happy to do so.
There are even women that have parties to celebrate their abortion.
Why make it different than a woman who murders her children with glee?
Do we want to embrace the maximally accusatory reign? You will poison the effort if you do.
The point here is that we have people being pushed into these attitudes over a period of years. It won’t ever happen in either of our lifetimes that you get even close to what you want. Swallowing the status quo ante Roe will be a miracle, and I already told you what that was.
Don’t poison the effort. That’s why not.