@TCatInReality @SirTapTap But the vast majority of those "protect the children" laws? Those aren't it.
Those are false flags being used to ward off criticism at entirely intentional side-effects (and indeed primary intended effects) of those laws.
Most of them, if you ask any expert or professional working with children, healthcare & child welfare are counterproductive.
In many cases what would demonstrably help a lot more children is to fund those organizations adequately.