At Villanove – a Catholic university – there is a controversy over a statue in memory of victims of abortion.

What is portrayed in the statue? A bloody fetus? Body parts? Er…no.

"Maternal Bond" by sculptor Timothy Schmaltz. The link takes you to the Villanovans for life website.

(Please note, on the front page of the group’s site, the news that pro-lifers who only care about human beings before they are born, as well as oppressing women, are sponsoring a child from East India)

Anyway – here’s a story on the controversy

Actually, it’s important to note (if the article is accurate) that the administration isn’t opposing the statue at all. It will be voted on by the board of trustees today, and, the article indicates, it is expected to be approved.

But do note some of the dissenting voices in the article:

"I don’t think the university should impose the values of a certain group of people. That’s such a slap in the face."

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