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Both the pro-choice and pro-life movements try to connect them. Pro-choicers see the right to an abortion as a necessary aspect of a woman's right to control her body, while pro-lifers tend to see contraception as being almost as bad as abortion.
But now we see a huge majority of Americans supporting unfettered access to contraception by school-age children. As we already know, most do not support the unfettered right to an abortion (they support waiting periods, parental notification, prohibiting third trimester abortions, etc.).
Unfortunately there appears to be nobody in public life who feels like the average American. The ones who make the noise are polarizers. There is consensus position that nobody is articulating.
