Broad backlash after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) quipped about Vice President Kamala Harris’s childlessness demonstrates a real loss of regard for natural, biological motherhood.

In part, it is a product of bipartisan support for in vitro fertilization. The procedure seems to be the new standard for pro-family positioning among members of Congress. Harris’s campaign created a hubbub around “reproductive rights” as the issue with which she most concerns herself. Since Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) introduced the issue to his persona, IVF has stayed onstage.