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The Child Who Was Never Born

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lisa59 · 11/01/2019 02:55

I think the statue is of a mother who aborted her child and the child is saying to her mom that she forgives her for killing her. That's my take on it.

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MamaDane · 11/01/2019 09:39

I think it's very moving. Whether it's for aborted, stillborn, or miscarried babies. Personally miscarried last July and was supposed to give birth next month.

BertrandRussell · 11/01/2019 09:28

Just noticed it was me started the other thread. I still agree with myself!

RiddleyW · 11/01/2019 09:14

I think there’s a missing comma. He means to protect it from the moment of conception.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 11/01/2019 09:10

The necessity to protect it from conception? ??

Epiphany52 · 11/01/2019 09:04

This is a quote from the Brother of the Artist :
Marek Hudáček, brother of Martin, says both he and his brother were extremely surprised by the positive reactions from all over the world to the sculpture, “We did not expect it… The main intention of my brother to do the sculpture was not to be famous, but to speak about the important value of human life and the necessity to protect it from conception.”

RiddleyW · 11/01/2019 08:53

It’s pretty awful as a piece of art either way.

QuentinWinters · 11/01/2019 08:51

Previous thread about this, very interesting
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/2568810-The-Child-Who-Was-Never-Born?pg=1&order=

Funkyfunkybeat12 · 11/01/2019 08:38

Are you a pro-lifer or something? Abortion is not murder and a fetus is not a conscious being so there is nothing to ‘forgive’. Why have you started a thread about it and why in feminism?

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 11/01/2019 07:48

I just read that the artist intended it to be about abortion

That may well not be true though

MermaidUnicorn · 11/01/2019 07:13

I had understood that it was about miscarriage and still births.

Babieseverywhere · 11/01/2019 07:08

I have seen a photo before and always assumed it was a mother and the child she lost in pregnancy

RiddleyW · 11/01/2019 07:02

I’d never heard of it and on googling I just saw it as a piece about a miscarriage. Can well believe the artists intent was anti abortion propaganda.

BertrandRussell · 11/01/2019 06:55

It’s a repulsive bit of pro life propaganda.

AuntieStella · 11/01/2019 06:52

If you've had a miscarriage, stillbirth or perinatal death, then I response would be very different.

brizzledrizzle · 11/01/2019 06:43

Sorry but I don't agree with your interpretation.

I'm not sure what it the artist's intention was but I find it a very upsetting piece - not because of abortion but other reasons.

Aesthetically, it's an attractive piece but it tugs awfully at my heart strings. I'm not usually emotional about things like that so not sure why.

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