Date:
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
by Sarah Zagorski | LifeNews.com | 9/22/14 10:49 AM
The 40 Days for Life Campaign starts next Wednesday, September 24th and runs through November 2nd.
The campaign is a community based, pro-life approach to showing local communities the consequences of
abortion in their neighborhoods.
Since its inception in 2004, 40 Days for Life has seen nearly 9,000 babies saved from abortion, 101 abortion
facility workers quit and 57 abortion facilities shut down. Through peaceful prayer, 40 Days for Life works to
help women choose life for their children.
One story about a baby named Emmett
from Louisiana demonstrates the impact peaceful
sidewalk counselors can have on women.
Mary Nadeau Reed, Special Project Director at
Louisiana Right to Life, told LifeNews:
“In October 2013, Emmett’s mother was being
pressured to have an abortion. She scheduled an
appointment at the abortion facility in Metairie,
but when she arrived she was surprised to find
people standing peacefully outside. One woman
handed her some materials and told her she’d be
praying for her and her baby. Emmett’s mother
left that day and eventually decided not to have the abortion.
Today, Emmett and his mom are happy and healthy. But if it had not been for the calm and compassionate
presence of those individuals outside the abortion facility that day, Emmett may not be here with us. While
they may not know the impact they had that day, they saved Emmett’s life, all because they stepped out of
their comfort zone.”
Shawn Carney, the Director of 40 Days for Life, shared more about the upcoming campaign:
“Will your city be the next one to get a sign like the one that was posted on a Planned Parenthood abortion
center door recently? The sign announced the facility’s closure!
One year ago, volunteers in Hollister, California were gearing up for their first 40 Days for Life campaign in front
of the local Planned Parenthood abortion business. Last month — after speculation that Planned Parenthood’s
business had been hurt and keeping the facility open could not be justified — they closed their doors! (see right)
Praise God! Please support LifeNews during our Fall 2014 fundraising campaign
with a donation! The local leader of that first — and only — 40 Days for Life campaign in Hollister said the number of prayer
volunteers may have been small, but they spoke with a strong voice … “and God heard their cry!
People just like those volunteers in Hollister will be out in front of abortion businesses and other Planned
Parenthood facilities in 297 locations — cities from coast to coast in the United States and Canada as well as
in 11 other countries …… including first-time campaigns in Mexico, Brazil and Latvia.
Will you join them?
Find the campaign nearest you — then let God use you to show His love and mercy to women (and men)
seeking abortion … to the babies scheduled to be aborted … and to the abortion facility workers.”
Find the closest 40 Days for Life campaign by clicking here. Join in with hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers
to protect our most sacred gift: the gift of life!