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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 nation's 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.