Bartkus is believed to be the person who detonated a bomb at the Palm Springs American Reproductive Center, which offers services like IVF, because he was aligned with the pro-mortalist and anti-natalist movements—the idea that humans should not continue to procreate.

Authorities investigating an explosion in Palm Springs, California, that damaged several businesses, including a reproductive center on North Indian Canyon Drive.

American Reproductive Centers is Coachella Valley's only full-service fertility center and in vitro fertilization lab.

First responders were credited with protecting embryos when they entered a Palm Springs fertility clinic damaged in a car bombing.