That's a straw man. Only 6% of Americans think birth control should be illegal, https://today.yougov.com/topics/health/articles-reports/2022....

>If abortions are bad, why are the same people who want to ban abortions the ones who want to ban contraceptives? That would do a lot more to reduce abortions in reality than any law can.

I would imagine they believe the point of sex is to conceive. Both those things prevent conception.

I agree. They are not actually trying to reduce the number of abortions, they are taking a religious/moral position.