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.

Guy Edward Bartkus was identified as the suspect accused in the bombing targeting a Palm Springs, CA, fertility clinic, and authorities are investigating a possible manifesto, according to the FBI. The bombing occurred on May 17,

Authorities called the attack terrorism and said Guy Edward Bartkus left behind nihilistic writings that indicated views against procreation, an idea known as anti-natalism.

In the end, his plot failed. A heroic firefighter and an FBI agent went into the heavily damage clinic and rescued medical records and embryos of patients who are trying to conceive.

As Palm Springs reels from the car bombing targeting a fertility clinic over the weekend, attention is now turning to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's prime suspect: Guy Edward Bartkus. Bartkus was killed in the explosion on Saturday,

Authorities are investigating what appear to be radical views that Guy Edward Bartkus expressed online in the months before Saturday’s attack.