2025 Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/2025-palm-springs-fertility-clinic-bombing

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote 2025 Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing?Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
2. What is the date of incident?May 17, 2025
3. What is the location?Palm Springs, California, United States
4. What happened in Palm Springs on May 17, 2025?A car was used to make a big explosion at a fertility clinic, causing one death and four injuries.
5. Who was responsible for the explosion?A man named Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, was found to be the person who started the bombing.

Promortalism: A philosophical stance that views death and the process of dying as inherently positive or desirable.
Antinatalism: A philosophical position that assigns a negative value to birth and procreation.
Improvised Explosive Device (IED): A bomb constructed and deployed in unconventional ways, often using readily available materials.
Domestic Terrorism: Terrorism perpetrated by individuals or groups within their own country against their own citizens.