America was founded on ideas of freedom from religion and freedom from the dictatorial impulses of government. One primary reason liberals register a negative view today is because religion has reentered mainstream politics through single issues, especially abortion. To control a woman's birth decisions is not a function of the state. America's conservative religious want to control but not support nor educate. That is evident in a variety of issues including homosexuality and transgenders. Individual freedom, a core of American democracy is being lost when government tells you how to live. Kinda simple really. If abortion is bad let your god decide not your government for surely once born you will not care.
"Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State." Edward Abbey
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/the-facts-on-the-born-alive-debate/
"And so we’re mistaken if we believe that the collapse of Christianity in America has led to a decline in religion. It has merely led to religious impulses being expressed by political cults. Like almost all new cultish impulses, they see no boundary between politics and their religion. And both cults really do minimize the importance of the individual in favor of either the oppressed group or the leader."
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/andrew-sullivan-americas-new-religions.html
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/li...at-the-bible-says-about-the-beginning-of-life