When you ban something, you make an assumption that this "something" is going to occur and cause damage. Because really, bans can be used to give powerful unconscious messages about who is trustworthy and who is not. If a twisted politician wants to control a particular group within a society, instead of saying, "These people do not deserve reproductive rights," or "These people are cruel towards children," it's more powerful when they say, "These people are being banned from being able to choose abortion." The latter insinuates the former, and thus works on an individual's unconscious mind. And the unconscious is, in many ways, far more powerful than the conscious mind because it creates weights and biases that go right to the core of us. Of course, this is why we must always question what we are told, in order to see the truth.
An example of this comes from many moons ago, when I worked with troubled teens: When a teacher asks a student to open a window, she has choices. She can say, "Please open the window, Tommy," then watch until he does so. This leads Tommy to understand that she isn't necessarily expecting his compliance. On the other hand, if she says, "Open the window, thanks, Tommy," then turns away, assuming the job is as good as done, Tommy will also assume this. And such is the nature of power.
When politicians act as if an opinion is a fact, we are far more susceptible. And this is one of the reasons why I'm a fan of this video by Maria Kayanan of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, who is fighting a Florida abortion bill that makes huge assumptions about women of color and is scheduled to be heard today:
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