CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pro-life activists painted a ‘Baby Lives Matter’ mural on the road in front of a Planned Parenthood center in the historic Cherry Neighborhood. The mural has since been removed.
Some of the Cherry neighborhood residents were angry that the mural was painted near their homes. They also told WCCB that some of the pro-life activists were rude and yelled profanities at people in the neighborhood the day before the painting appeared in the roadway. However, Tayler Hansen, artist and Founder of Baby Lives Matter, says the group the neighbors are referring to were not associated with the Baby Lives Matter movement.
Hansen provided this statement to WCCB:
“The days of normalizing racism, murder, Infanticide, and organ trafficking will soon come to an end. Baby Lives Matter represents a true peaceful protest.”
A GoFundMe account was created to help fund artists who are painting the ‘Baby Lives Matter’ murals around the country. The first one was painted on July 15th outside a Planned Parenthood in Salt Lake City, Utah. According to the GoFundMe page, Hansen painted for seven straight hours in front of his local Planned Parenthood to complete the mural. As of August 26th, the ‘Baby Lives Matter’ page has raised over $17,000.
A spokesperson with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says officers responded to the area due to a report regarding vandalism in the street. CMPD says the incident is being investigated. No other details have been released at this time.
