Arkansas moves to install ‘monument to unborn children’ on state grounds

Designs for the commemoration to unborn children aborted during the era of Roe v Wade' must be turned in by Saturday

Arkansas is building a monument to unborn children" on the grounds of its state capitol, and Saturday marks the last day for its would-be artists to submit prospective designs for it.

The monument is planned to commemorate the unborn children aborted during the era of Roe v Wade", the 1973 US supreme court decision that legalized abortion nationwide until it was overturned last year. It will be funded by private individuals and organizations, rather than the state, while its construction will be overseen by the capitol arts and grounds commission, a state agency - with the help of some Arkansas anti-abortion groups.