People can be confused by the objection of the pro-life movement, and the Catholic Church, to IVF. Isn’t the whole point that we want people to have babies?

Actually no. What we want is for the laws to treat babies like people.

From Hilary White’s must-read article on how control over human fertility over the years has lead to the reduction of children to the status of things: IVF and the ‘Right’ to be a Parent: the Child as an Expensive Lifestyle Accessory – check it out!!