Arkansas Republicans Propose a Monument to Unborn Fetuses

As a substitute of utilizing their energy and platform to do actually the rest to assist the folks in Arkansas, four Republican state lawmakers have proposed a invoice to erect a statue to unborn fetuses on capitol grounds in Little Rock that would memorialize “the lives misplaced” earlier than the Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v. Wade.

“As a memorial to the lives misplaced from 1973 to 2022 because of the selections of the US Supreme Court docket, and as a continuing reminder of our responsibility to guard the life of each harmless human particular person, regardless of how younger or previous, or how helpless and susceptible that particular person could also be, it’s the intent of the Common Meeting of the State of Arkansas to enact the Monument to Unborn Youngsters Show Act … and the Monument to Unborn Youngsters Show Fund,” the laws states.

State Rep. Kim Hammer (R) proposed the invoice, and three of his colleagues cosponsored it: Tyler Dees, John Peyton and Mary Bentley. The statue could be known as the “Monument for the Unborn.”

Nevermind that Arkansas has just lately been ranked one of many worst states within the nation for general “little one well-being” in a 2022 examine that measures components like schooling and psychological well being, and the life expectancy amongst adults within the state is among the many worst within the nation attributable to larger charges of illness and suicide. Additionally, nevermind that overturning Roe didn’t finish abortion in Arkansas or wherever else—it simply made the scenario extra depressing and harmful for individuals who don’t need to be pregnant.

It’s no secret, at this level, that the “pro-life” motion provides zero shits concerning the well being or life high quality of individuals as soon as they’re born and that their supposedly ethical concern for fetuses is actually solely about controlling girls. However to erect a post-Roe v. Wade victory statue to brag about your win for “life,” if you’re not even pretending to care concerning the dwelling folks in your state, is a complete new degree of hypocrisy.