40 Days For Life
40 Days For Life is a pro-life campaign that draws attention to the evil of abortion, per their three-point program: Prayer and Fasting, constant vigil, and community outreach. It is also the official name of the organization which sponsors the campaign.
A biblically focused campaign, a vision to access God’s power and bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion in America. Generally the group has two campaigns, one in Spring and another in late Summer/early Fall.
The movement was founded by David Bereit in 2004 in Bryan/College Station, Texas (after Planned Parenthood opened an abortion facility in the area), the 40 Days for Life campaigns have proven very fruitful. Although the majority of the leadership is Catholic, it is not solely a Catholic organization, but is broadly ecumenical, working with Orthodox and Protestants for the pro-life cause.
Some of the blessings the group associates with the campaign (statistics are as of the end of the Spring 2022 campaign and are based on information known to the organization):[1]
- 22,0130 lives that have been spared from abortion
- 242 abortion workers have quit their jobs and walked away from the abortion industry (including Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood director of the Bryan/College Station facility; she left after witnessing for the first time an abortion being performed and her story is featured in the movie Unplanned)
- 120 abortion facilities completely shut down following local 40 Days for Life campaigns (including, notably, the Bryan/College Station Planned Parenthood facility, which now houses the organization's national headquarters).
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