Some of these same people are now telling us "of course treatment for ectopic pregnancies will be allowed" (there are already laws preventing that in places) "of course no one will be penalized for a miscarriage" (there are already women in prison for that) "of course there will be exceptions for people who really need it"—this is, in fact, the mindset of a lot of conservatives. It's closely related to Frank Wilhoit's cogent observation of what conservatives believe [0]: "There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

It's also very much the "surely the face-eating leopards party won't let leopards eat my face!" mindset.

I've heard anecdotal reports from some people who have more conservative family members than I that some of them are actually starting to realize that there won't be the "reasonable exceptions" they were just assuming would exist, and getting genuinely worried.

[0]: https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progre...