re: Why do liberals get so upset over abortion?

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people ... insane and eager to destroy human babies

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Abortion is a complex topic. Take my views, for example.

I agree wholeheartedly that Roe was an awful decision, from a jurisprudential perspective. Blackmun (a GOP appointee) and the six Justices who joined in the opinion created a "Constitutional right" from thin air. By contrast, White (a Dem appointee) wrote the dissent, which makes a good deal more sense and has a significantly more-sound Constitutional basis.

So, what happens if Roe is overturned? I tend to agree that the 10th SHOULD leave the legality of abortion to the States, but the undeniable fact is that the current state of Constitutional development has essentially gutted the 10th Amendment. If the Dems can garner the votes to "codify" something akin to Roe, it will almost-certainly pass 10th Amendment muster. I would disagree with that result, but it would probably be a near-unanimous decision.

Ideologically? I have difficulty wrapping my brain around the insistence of BOTH sides that the OTHER side must be described as "evil" or something of the like. To me, the question is simply one of "when should an organism vest in the negative right not to be killed?" I am not going to call you "evil" for thinking that such a right would vest at a later point in fetal development than I think appropriate ... OR at an earlier point.

For some reason, a large percentage of Americans are far more emotional about the issue than I.