The pro-life group Massachusetts Citizens for Life will launch a statewide series of public displays featuring lifelike fetal models to memorialize the 49,450 unborn babies killed by elective abortion in Massachusetts within a single year.
The organization tells LifeNews that it is confronting the realities of “choice” and honoring the lives lost.
The initiative, called “Truth About Choice,” marks the state’s first-ever display of lifelike pre-born babies lost annually to abortion. Through interactive educational content and a fetal model display representing each life ended in the violence of abortion, the group aims to shine light on the uncomfortable truths about abortion while providing life-affirming resources, post-abortive support services and opportunities for pro-life advocacy.
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The events are designed to comfort, inform, convert and mobilize visitors.
Organizers believe the displays “will move visitors to action, inspire change in the hearts of those who can no longer look away and, ultimately, result in justice for our most vulnerable women and children.”
Events are scheduled throughout 2026, beginning with a display on the UMass Amherst Student Union South Lawn in Amherst on Sunday, April 12, from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. A second major display is set for the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on Saturday, May 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Additional events are planned for October in Worcester County, the North Shore and the South Shore.
The project is modeled on similar fetal model displays by National Right to Life affiliates in Kansas and Minnesota.
A staff member from a similar display testified, “I’ve seen hearts change. In nearly every city we’ve gone to, people who aren’t pro-life leave pro-life, they leave more pro-life than they were.”
A visitor added, “To see it visually is much more than just seeing numbers on a page.”
Pro-life advocates with Massachusetts Citizens for Life say the powerful visual presentation often moves attendees to tears and consistently drives stronger engagement than other initiatives.
The events are free and open to the public, geared for ages 10 and over, and organizers ask that attendees view the displays with reverence and maintain a solemn and respectful tone. The initiative underscores the scale of lives lost to abortion in Massachusetts and seeks to inspire change on behalf of vulnerable women and their unborn children.
