This US state will construct a monument for aborted foetuses. Here’s why

A invoice signed by Republican Governor Sanders permits the development of a “monument to the unborn” close to Arkansas’s Capitol grounds.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 21, 2023 13:15 IST

A demonstrator holds an indication exterior the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, protesting the US Supreme Court’s resolution overturning Roe v Wade. (Photo: AP)

By India Today World Desk: Arkansas within the United States will construct a monument to mark the abortions carried out within the state earlier than Roe v Wade was struck down final yr. Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders authorized the monument to aborted foetuses on Monday.

The invoice signed by Sanders permits the development of a “monument to the unborn” close to the state’s Capitol grounds, a report mentioned.

Anti-abortion teams and the Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission will select artists and oversee the design of the privately-funded monument, The Independent reported.

The invoice, sponsored by GOP state Senator Kim Hammer, claims that Arkansas was prevented from defending the lifetime of unborn kids by the choices of the United State Supreme Court in Roe v Wade from 1973 till it was overruled final yr.

It additionally states that over 2.5 lakh “elective abortions” had been carried out throughout that interval, the report added.

A legislation Arkansas authorized in 2019 banning almost all abortions took impact final yr when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 1973 Roe resolution. Arkansas’ ban solely permits abortions to avoid wasting the lifetime of the mom in a medical emergency.

Arkansas’ proposal confronted opposition from some anti-abortion Republicans who mentioned it was counterproductive, and Democrats who mentioned the monument proposal was divisive.

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Mar 21, 2023