"Normalizing" certain actions does foreshadow and attempt to negate future public outrage. Heard of anyone lately being prosecuted for breaking "Anti-Sodomy Laws," even in states where they're stil on the books? NOPE. Why?
Hint: Pop culture and Hollywood "normalized" the gay lifestyle, and nobody in prison now for being gay (even though there were laws against it when they were participating.)
Same deal with infanticide and all that…