In USA we substitute morality for blatant governance. Is abortion about "life" or is it about livestock? Surely for some it is in fact about life--but who's most vigorously stirring those people up, and why? Example of alternative approach found in Chinas recent reversal of limits on number of children: “To put it bluntly, the birth of a baby is not only a matter of the family itself, but also a state affair,” the official newspaper People’s Daily said” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-birthrate.html They just come right out and say it.