Monument for aborted fetuses is tasteless

Former President of the Croatian Helsinki Committee condemns a newly erected memorial in Karlovac. A woman decides on her own body, he says.

A monument for aborted fetuses, a first of its kind in Croatia, was unveiled in Karlovac on Monday. According to the media, father Glogovic Marko, head of the Pauline Apostolate for Life, noted that Croats ‘kill’ between thirty and fifty youngsters every day. He called on the mystery of evil in the Letter of Saint Paul, stressing that this applies to abortion as well.

- It's stupid and tasteless. What if someone built a monument for billions of people who were killed under the cross - wondered Puhovski.

Former president of the HHO says that he would consider something like that distasteful, but how this would still be legal.

Standard of the civilized world is clear

Erect memorial in the Jamdol Karlovac Cemetery is not something that can be legally prohibited, says Puhovski and adds that a clear standard of civilized world says that every woman has a right to decide on her own body.

- There are cases of radical pro-life groups who entered hospitals and violently prevented abortions. Some even placed explosives under the cars of those they considered responsible - explained Puhovski.

Although this monument cannot be legally prohibited, it can still be characterized as radical and it can have negative impact on women who have decided to take this step in their lives. If nothing else, it can be in interpreted as a sort of pillar of shame for these women.