Gustavo Arellano: What memorials for aborted fetuses tell us
Deep in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Boyle Heights, a longer-than-usual tombstone lies near a chain-link fence. "In Memory of the 16,500 Precious Unborn Buried Here, Oct. 6, 1985," it reads in blanched-out letters. Strands of stringy lawn are beginning to overtake it. Little about this scene hints at the grave's pivotal role in the history of antiabortion memorials — an overlooked but crucial ...
Deep in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Boyle Heights, a longer-than-usual tombstone lies near a chain-link fence.
"In Memory of the 16,500 Precious Unborn Buried Here, Oct. 6, 1985," it reads in blanched-out letters. Strands of stringy lawn are beginning to overtake it.
Little about this scene hints at the grave's pivotal role in the history of antiabortion memorials — an overlooked but crucial battleground in one of the most contentious issues of our times.
The National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children keeps a running list of the thousand-plus such markers across the United States. Despite its liberal reputation, California hosts 54 — second only to Illinois, and just ahead of New York. They're in Brentwood and
