Why?

Because nothing grabs the emotions stronger than innocent children being hurt! There is absolutely no room for critical thinking once the emotions have been hijacked in this manner. It gives the desired result that something, anything has to be done to protect these innocents from harm.

It is very interesting how the outrage over abortion pales in comparison to this. The left was rightfully accused of owning a culture of death. Then they bring out a ff to try to make conservatives the ones responsible for the death of innocents by their defense of the 2nd amendment.