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The Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission delayed signing off on a design and location for the states planned "monument to the unborn," at its meeting Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, D.C – Daisy Gatson Bates will become the 13th woman to be represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. on May 8, 2024, at …

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The Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission will vote on a final design for the "monument to the unborn" next month, choosing between plans presented by an artist or the Secretary of States office.

The Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission will vote on a final design for the "monument to the unborn" next month, choosing between plans presented by an artist or the Secretary of States office.

The artist tapped to lead the design for a "monument to the unborn" on state Capitol grounds presented renderings of the planned installation to the Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission on Tuesday, revealing a concept for a "living wall."

Last year, the state legislature quickly passed a bill to honor so-called victims of abortion and celebrate the fall of Roe. Let’s check in on their progress!

The Arkansas Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission has received several proposals for the design for a new monument on state Capitol grounds authorized under a 2023 state law to commemorate "unborn children aborted" after the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortions across the nation.

The lack of a U.S. House speaker to set a date for the unveiling of a statue of Little Rock Nine mentor Daisy Bates likely means the statue will not be unveiled in Statuary Hall in the nations Capitol later this year, the state Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission learned Tuesday.

State officials are seeking designs for a new monument on state Capitol grounds intended to commemorate "unborn children aborted" after the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortions across the nation.