Crash Course: Alabama's targeting of IVF is the Christian right's attempt to control motherhood

IVF helps women become mothers — so why does the Christian right hate it so much? 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After all, the movement claims to be all about motherhood. One would think the people who are always yammering on about how a woman's greatest purpose is giving birth would celebrate those who endure IVF, which is both painful and expensive, just so they can have a baby. But no, the Christian right wants to end IVF for two reasons: First, because of the bottomless misogyny and homophobia that fuels the movement. 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