The concept of “separation of church and state” isn’t quite as ironclad as you may think.

Many abortion opponents had made an uneasy peace with the technology as a treatment for infertility, Marsh said. But opposition to IVF has gained momentum since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022.

(Marsh v. Chambers, 1983) Since nobody can agree on what that means, Americans have spent the past three decades debating and litigating who gets to pray – and what they can say – without runn ...