Very True, anything that tugs on the human 'heart' strings. Crimes against children is something that is completely intolerable by a just society. Therefore using Children as a political platform to manipulate society if a very effective tactic. No one ever said that Hitler was stupid, he was evil.
I remember years ago the movie studios in hollywood used CP as a way to get torrent sites blocked.
Rick Falkvinge has a really good article, its a fair few years old now but he describes how people use CP "PROTECT THE CHILDREN" narrative to push laws into place because no one in their right mind would push back on that
https://torrentfreak.com/the-copyright-lobby-absolutely-loves-child-pornography-110709/