# Whoo-hoo! South Carolina builds giant fetus memorial **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437 "2003-04-27T02:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/1 "2003-04-27T02:43:19Z")
[http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/5718279.htm](http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/5718279.htm) “ABORTION STATUE: The House Ways and Means Property Tax Subcommittee approved a bill Tuesday to build a monument outside the Statehouse memorializing “unborn children who have given their lives because of legal abortion.” The monument would be a 6-foot statue of a fetus on a 2-foot base placed on Statehouse grounds where it can be seen from the road.” You can just tell that this is going to be incredibly tasteful. Thank goodness they finally got this finished so that they can move on to less important things like finally getting around to approving the observance of Martin Luther King day. Whoo-boy… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/2 "2003-04-27T02:56:12Z")
So if this project gets cancelled, will they have to build a memorial for the aborted statue of an aborted fetus? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/3 "2003-04-27T03:06:50Z")
Ellis, just for that sly remark, you’ll be the first with your back against the wall when the revolution comes. ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/4 "2003-04-27T03:16:47Z")
I feel cheated! I wanted a photo… Seriously, it’s too bad we didn’t take them up on that secession offer. Is it too late? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/5 "2003-04-27T03:34:42Z")
Oh, shit, don’t let the PETA folks know. Next we’ll have a slaughtered cow memorial. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/6 "2003-04-27T04:17:08Z")
I think there should be a giant bug memorial for the poor victims of pesticide. Imagine a giant Aphid right beside the washington monument…I can see it now. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/7 "2003-04-27T04:43:20Z")
A STATUE OF A FETUS? I’m moderately pro-life, but dear God, is life turning into The Onion or something? Oh, and **drm** , perhaps you would be interested in the [boll weevil monument](http://www.auburn.edu/academic/classes/jrnl/4480001/bollweevil/bollmonument.html). ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/8 "2003-04-27T04:46:17Z")
I can just see the little kids that will be crawling on the statue… “Billy! Get off that fetus!” ---
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/9 "2003-04-27T05:07:51Z")
So then who’s going to memorialize all the recently paired sperm and ovum? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/10 "2003-04-27T05:52:58Z")
No, no, no. You’ve got it all wrong. This has nothing to do with abortion. They’re just expressing their love for Stanley Kubrick’s **2001** ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/11 "2003-04-27T06:27:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\*Oh, and **drm** , perhaps you would be interested in the [boll weevil monument](http://www.auburn.edu/academic/classes/jrnl/4480001/bollweevil/bollmonument.html). \*\* You know, I always thought that was a joke by Ray Stevens. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/12 "2003-04-27T06:28:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Apos \* > \*\*Ellis, just for that sly remark, you’ll be the first with your back against the wall when the revolution comes. \*\* Oh goody! ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/13 "2003-04-27T06:41:53Z")
Thank God those fetuses bravely gave their lives to preserve our rights to legal abortions… like that time when Pvt. Fetus threw himself onto a grenade that had been lobbed at an OB/GYN’s office, sacrificing himself for the greater good. If anyone deserves a statue, it’s brave souls like him. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/14 "2003-04-27T06:54:48Z")
Call me when they build the giant cancerous lung memorial, in memory of all the poor souls who lost their lives due to legal cigarettes. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/15 "2003-04-27T06:56:35Z")
I hope they also put up a memorial to single mothers and single fathers too. How about spending some more of South Carolina’s money on homeless children? That’s only if they are _really_ pro-life though. They can not possibly realize how painful that image will be to women who have had stillborn children. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/16 "2003-04-27T09:50:02Z")
Thankfully, it looks like they’ve (sort of) come to their senses and at least decided to [tone it down a bit.](http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/5703354.htm) It’s now planned to be a more subtle memorial in a quiet area. Personally, I’d be a lot happier if that quiet area was inside someone’s private residence instead of the State House grounds, but I guess it beats the hell out of a stone fetus the size of a full-grown man. ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@Keith\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith_Berry)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/17 "2003-04-27T10:07:23Z")
Yes, they may be reactionary, but remember: South Carolina has legal fireworks and automatic knives (i.e., switchblades). Also, some bars in Mrytle Beach stay open and serve beer 24/7 (tho liquor gets cut off at 2am). So these people do know how to have fun. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/18 "2003-04-27T10:13:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Keith Berry \* > \*\*Yes, they may be reactionary, but remember: South Carolina has legal fireworks and automatic knives (i.e., switchblades). > > Also, some bars in Mrytle Beach stay open and serve beer 24/7 (tho liquor gets cut off at 2am). > > So these people do know how to have fun. \*\* Weapons, incendiary devices, and alcoholics. Now _that’s_ a winning combination. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/19 "2003-04-27T12:06:18Z")
For the sake of accuracy, it really should be a statue of an embryo, not a fetus. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437/20 "2003-04-27T13:21:36Z")
Actually, there is actually less to this than it appears. Some background: One of the long-time “fixtures” around Columbia, SC is the “Abortion Guy.” (\*He does have a name, but I won’t post it here.) For the past 12 or so years he has walked around with abortion “stuff” (placards, photos, fetus models) promoting his cause–often on the State Capitol grounds. Lately he has also taken to the (radio) airwaves. From what I gather, he had talked to his representative who agreed to bring it up. I suspect–this is just my opinion–that the rep convinced the committee to approve it, knowing full well that it would never see the light of day. However, he could still report to his constituent that he had done what he could. BTW, this person, the “Abortion Guy,” is the sole reason for this embarrassment. \*However, to describe him–he looks sorta like Marvin Kaplan from the TV series “Alice.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-south-carolina-builds-giant-fetus-memorial/171437.md?page=2)