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Tomb of the Unborn Child

Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA

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Get directions Portiuncula Chapel, Franciscan University of Steubenville
Steubenville, Ohio 43925 United States

Coordinates: 40.37532, -80.61998
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A few steps away from the Portiuncula Chapel on Franciscan University of Steubenville's campus is a small stone tomb guarded by an eternal flame that shelters the bodies of seven unborn children.

"On snowy January 22, 1987, the 14th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, which summarily struck down all laws against abortion across the country, more than 500 people processed from Christ the King Chapel to witness the entombment of two babies killed by abortion," reads a description about the tomb on Franciscan's website. "They were given the names Francis and Clare. That tomb, one of the first in the country, stands as a monument to the sanctity of life. It challenges all who pray there to live their lives as a witness to the Gospel of life. Since that day an eternal flame has been added and five more children killed by abortion have joined Francis and Clare."

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