In many countries of the world there is a huge amountmonuments that are dedicated to a particular event. There are sculptures that cause a smile on the face, because they are dedicated to some fun event, but some installations make you cry. This, without doubt, can be considered a monument to unborn children in Riga, which causes tears in many people.
В сентябре 2012 года в столице Латвии проходила the action called “For Life”, the purpose of which is to inform women and their families about abortions and the consequences that women can expect afterwards. At the beginning of the action, an installation was presented to people, which was placed in Old Riga near the Hotel de Rome hotel. The monument to unborn children consists of 27 sculptures in the form of small children. Why exactly 27? According to statistics, so many abortions are done daily in Latvia. Near each child there is a small pedestal, in which 27 stories are written in three languages (Russian, English and Latvian), more precisely, the reasons for which the mothers of these babies decided on an abortion. For example, a woman already has a child, and her husband died, and she decides that she will not be able to raise two full members of society and agrees to an abortion. The author of this work is Eva Riekstinia.
Организаторы акции решили хотя бы таким способом reach out to women who want an abortion. It is very important that such families have complete information about this terrible decision, and most importantly realize what will happen to them later. Since in such situations the majority of women are led by fear, and they do not think what they are doing.
Monument to unborn children in Riga attractsa lot of people, there is always someone on the square. There are always fresh flowers. People bring them and put them near the little ones, thus expressing their grief and pain. The action calls the people of Latvia and the guests of the country to think about this serious problem. Abortion is the murder of an unborn person, and are we entitled to decide who deserves to live?
We can't judge or blame someone, but wemust solve it for themselves. There are, of course, good reasons for which women have an abortion, for example, a child’s illness that leads to death, pathologies that are not compatible with life, and so on. And if a woman decides to have an abortion, since she simply does not need a child? This is the monument to unborn children in Riga.
In addition to this installation in the capital of Latvia there area monument that is dedicated to abortion. The inscription on it, which in translation means "I wanted to live ...". Also in Slovenia there is a monument of a similar theme: a transparent girl strokes the head of her mother, who cries on her lap. She seems to forgive her for this terrible act. Monuments to unborn children, whose photos inspire horror, resentment, can not but touch, many people, after viewing them, seriously think about this issue. Similar monuments have been erected in Karlovec (Croatia), in Obzycke (Poland).
Monument to unborn children in Riga can not leave anyone indifferent, because every inhabitant of the planet could be in the place of these poor children who wanted to live.