40 Days for Life campaign is now under way in 167 cities

 40 Days for Life locations

Join the largest spring 40 Days for Life campaign yet!

It started February 17 in 167 cities as people from coast to coast in the United States – as well as locations in Canada, Australia and Northern Ireland – are taking part in this mission of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion.

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Take a quick look at what 40 Days for Life is all about

During the fall 40 Days for Life campaign, people in 212 communities participated in 40 days of prayer and fasting, constant vigil and community outreach. Two abortion facilities closed their doors during this campaign. In addition, nine clinic workers quit their jobs ... and 607 lives were saved from abortion.

Here's a short video wrap-up of the most recent 40 Days for Life campaign ... which concludes with an important invitation for YOU to be a part of the next one!

 

Listen to 40 Days for Life on Focus on the Family programs!

 Shawn Carney and Abby Johnson

The 40 Days for Life mission – and the life-changing decision made by Abby Johnson – are featured in a two-part edition of the Focus on the Family radio program. Abby is the former director of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Bryan/College Station, Texas ... the community where 40 Days for Life began.

During the 40 Days for Life campaign in the fall of 2009, Abby witnessed an ultrasound-guided abortion. She quit her job at Planned Parenthood, as she realized she could no longer be involved in the abortion industry.

You can listen to her amazing story online. Go to these pages, then click on "listen now":

 

Kalispell, Montana Planned Parenthood abortion center closes

Last spring, a 40 Days for Life prayer vigil was held in front of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Kalispell, Montana. On November 20, that facility closed. Planned Parenthood admitted it did not have enough customers to keep the doors open.

The 40 Days for Life team in Kalispell is convinced – prayer is powerful, and it works! Here's a quick look at the celebration event held outside the former abortion center.

 

Answered prayers: Pensacola, Florida abortion clinic closes

 40 Days for Life in Pensacola, Florida

With a very brief legal notice in the local newspaper, a Pensacola, Florida abortion facility quietly announced its closing. The clinic has been the site of three 40 Days for Life prayer vigils, including one that just concluded on November 1.

The notice read, "As of October 30, 2009, The Community Health Center of Pensacola will be terminating its practice." This is the fifth closure of an abortion facility that has been the site of a 40 Days for Life vigil. More...

 

40 Days for Life in America's abortion capital — New York City

Shawn Carney, the 40 Days for Life campaign director, recently visited 40 Days for Life campaigns New York City. Shawn made a short video account of his visit to the 40 Days for Life campaign in the city labeled “the abortion capital of America.”

You'll hear from a volunteer who puts in 6 to 10 hours every day outside of two of the largest abortion centers in the United States, and see hundreds of passers-by receiving a pro-life education on the street. The video is loud. Everything’s in motion. It’s got attitude. But hey — it’s New York City!

WHAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING ABOUT
40 DAYS FOR LIFE
When will 40 Days for Life be over? Never! We bought the land across from the abortion clinic. There will always be someone here praying.

— Tulsa, OK

Our town has a population of 1069 and we had over 1300 people sign in for hours.

— Walker, MN

So many have been encouraged to come back out and pray and many more have learned about the power of being at the vigil site.

— Boston, MA

We've gotten positive comments from almost everybody we've encountered.

— Wheeling, WV

They're not going to stop killing the babies just because the 40 days are up. So let's not stop our vigil.

— Port St. Lucie, FL

35 churches and organizations committed to filling hours at the vigil

— Southgate, MI

I truly was inspired by my whole experience and will continue to go on Saturdays to continue the mission.

— San Fernando, CA

The clinic's doors have not been open for business for four consecutive Thursdays. Thursday has been their day for performing abortions.

— Dover, DE

All who participated in 40 Days for Life, sacrificing time and comfort to defend the most fundamental gift and right, the right to life itself, have been a light in the darkness.

— Providence, RI

Our local 40 Days for Life group plans to continue the public prayer on a regular basis.

— Honolulu, HI

When people of varying faiths work together for a common goal, the Lord will reward us more richly.

— Fargo, ND

Praying at the abortion center is one of the hardest things I have ever done, but my heart has been renewed.

— Raleigh, NC

We will continue our prayer vigil at the abortion facility with continued support for our community crisis pregnancy centers.

— Salt Lake City, UT

A girl came out of the abortion center crying, "I'm going to keep my baby!" She did not have the abortion.

— Charleston, SC

The clinic was closed the last two weeks of 40 Days for Life - dozens of lives potentially saved and lots of money that isn't in the abortionist's pocket.

— Oklahoma City, OK

While we were praying for abortion victims, an abortion clinic worker left the building. She seemed very upset. We heard later in the day that this woman quit her job.

— Pensacola, FL

For every negative comment or gesture, we get ten positives. I think people who are pro-life no longer feel alone and intimidated.

— Hartford, CT