It used to be that conservatives found IVF to be evil, and that the children that resulted from it were not even human.

I still believe they believe that. That group of children includes my son. So, you know, when I say this hits personally, I mean it.

That said, they have now created a mythology to punish women and their families by making an embryo a child in the eyes of the law in Alabama. It is meant to muddy the waters, hurt those they do not see as people, and to exert control.

If we ran this country based on facts instead of myths, we wouldn’t be in this place. We would not have judges gleefully harming people for wanting a family.

But we do not live in such a place. The law is used to hurt. The law is used to hate.