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Choose Life.



You can help save lives!

40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life effort that consists of:

  • 40 days of prayer and fasting
  • 40 days of peaceful vigil
  • 40 days of community outreach

We are praying that, with God's help, this groundbreaking effort will mark the beginning of the end of abortion in our city -- and throughout America.



Family Planning
43 Gabriel Drive (Central Maine Business Park)
Augusta, Maine

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Be sure to sign-up for updates and prayer requests using the form at the top right of this page, and browse through the rest of this site to find out how YOU can help make a lifesaving impact as part of our local 40 Days for Life campaign.

Learn more about the national 40 Days for Life campaign.

Gabriel Drive is off of Civic Center Drive.

From Interstate 95 take the Augusta/Belgrade exit. Head towards Belgrade. The Comfrot Inn and the 99 restaurant will be on your right and the Irving Station is on the left. KFC is also on the left. You are on Civic Center Drive, go straight. When you come to a light continue to go straight. DHHS will be on the left and in a short distance the CareerCenter will be on your left. Soon the Farmer's Association white building will be on your left and Gabriel Drive is next. There is a sign that says Central Maine Business Park. The abortion center is on the right on Gabriel Drive.

From Belgrade and Sidney: Head towards Augusta. Gabriel Drive is on the right after Jonathan’s Restaurant.


Contact us

To learn more, sign up for specific vigil hours, or let us know how you feel called to serve God in this effort, please contact the local 40 Days for Life leadership team:

Judy Icenogle, Vigil Coordinator
Phone: (207) 872-6558
E-mail: Augusta40days@gmail.com

 

David Bereit, National 40 Days For Life Director speaks at Augusta, Maine’s Mid-Point Rally. October 2009.


Take a stand for life.

While all aspects of 40 Days for Life are crucial in our effort to end abortion, the most visible component is the peaceful prayer vigil outside the local Family Planning abortion facility.

You can help make a life-saving impact by joining our local vigil at:


From February 17 - March 28, our community will be one of many cities from coast to coast joining together for the most dynamic coordinated pro-life mobilization in history -- 40 Days for Life.


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Anti-abortion signs defaced

March 4, 2010

Abortion Supports Don't Want Women to Receive Help
AUGUSTA -- Police are searching for those responsible for defacing signs created for an anti-abortion campaign outside Family Planning Association of Maine.   More »

Ailing Pro-Life Advocate Holds Vigil in the Cold

January 26, 2010

WATERVILLE, ME. - Scott Michaud tears up while speaking of one of his greatest triumphs through God. Michaud, whose single-minded mission is to “end child killing,” happened to be at the local Wal-Mart last November. A little girl came running over to him. “She came up to me in the grocery department,” Michaud recalled, “and she said, ‘my mom wants to say something to you.' The mother said, ‘never stop, because you saved my granddaughter.   More »
 
Upcoming Events  view all »
Feb 17, 2010 - Mar 28, 2010
STARTS: 8:00 AM    ENDS: 8:00 PM
40 Days For Life

Come pray with us.
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting for an End to Abortion.
Feb 18, 2010 - Mar 25, 2010
STARTS: 8:00 AM    ENDS: 12:00 PM
Graphic Photo Notice
On Thursday mornings graphic pictures will be displayed near the intersection of Gabriel Drive and Civic Center Drive in Augusta. This awareness zone is separate from the prayer vigil site, which is in front of Family Planning on Gabriel Drive. The purpose is to educate people about the reality of abortion. The Graphic Photos Are The Truth Of Abortion.
Mar 28, 2010
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Victory Celebration

Mid-Point Rally Fall '09
We will be across the street from the Family Planning Abortion Center. At the Victory Celebration we will have praise music and speakers. This is a time for us to thank God for the blessings he has provided at our prayer vigil. Bring Diapers.
Apr 1, 2010
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Beyond 40 Days

Abortion hurts women.
Every Thursday is a Day of Praying and Fasting to end abortion. We will be praying in front of Family Planning all day. Judy is scheduling people for time slots. Please let her know if you are available.