Work Backwards And Then Move Forward Again

 And see if your views change.

Political leaders will say, "I'm personally opposed to X, but I would not impose my views on others" and people will just say, "okay"!

If it was something like, I'm personally opposed to cheating on one's spouse, this kind of makes sense.  It is a betrayal of one person by another but it's really between those two and there is no real role for government to intrude.

But then do something like rape:  I'm personally opposed to rape, but what right do I have to tell a dude that he can't rape another dude?  This is ridiculous!  It's not a private matter when another person's rights are violated.

So, let's work backwards from the elephant in the room:  So, you're personally opposed to abortion, why are you opposed to it?  Here, you can expect hesitation--possibly, they really aren't opposed to abortion at all.  It was just BS.  If they really are opposed, they'll say, I am opposed to abortion because it involves taking an innocent life.

Now, let's work forward.  You are in favor of laws against murder?  Yes, of course.  The definition of murder is the premeditated killing of one Human by another Human, right?  Yes.  Okay, then...