Question

Many opponents of abortion today are motivated by

Answer 1

Many opponents of abortion today are motivated by religious beliefs. Due to the reason that, in the 1950s and 1960s many women were attracted by new jobs in developing.

Answer 2

The idea that a fetus/embryo is still a human. You wouldn't kill a baby once it was born, neither would you kill a developing baby, regardless of the fact it cannot think or really feel yet. The religious motivation is that you shouldn't try to control death and life, if a baby is developing, then God allowed it to for a reason. The divine and predestined purpose concept.