40 Days for Life starts September 22 in 238 locations

 40 Days for Life location map

Teams in a record 238 locations in the US, Canada, Australia, England, Northern Ireland and Denmark are now preparing for 40 Days for Life campaigns from September 22 to October 31.

Now's the time to be thinking -- and praying -- about how you can be a part of this effort.

Check the full list of participating 40 Days for Life communities and find the location where YOU can help make a difference.

40 Days for Life depends on committed volunteers taking a leap of faith -- and being willing to sacrifice through prayer and fasting ... peaceful vigil ... and pro-life community outreach.

If you haven't already done so, please use the box at the upper right to sign up for campaign updates ... which will include daily devotionals and inspiring stories from local 40 Days for Life groups throughout the campaign. Facebook member? Then please join our 40 Days for Life group.

 

What 40 Days for Life has witnessed (so far!)

 40 Days for Life in Riverside, California

There have now been six coordinated 40 Days for Life campaigns since 2007.

These efforts have mobilized people of faith and conscience in 307 cities across all 50 of the United States plus six Canadian provinces, three Australian states, and communities in Northern Ireland and Denmark.

During these unified efforts, participants witnessed countless blessings from God:

  • More than 350,000 have joined together in an historic display of unity to pray and fast for an end to abortion
  • More than 11,500 church congregations have participated in the 40 Days for Life campaigns
  • Reports document 2,811 lives that have been spared from abortion — and those are just the ones we know about
  • 35 abortion workers have quit their jobs and walked away from the abortion industry
  • Six abortion facilities completely shut down following local 40 Days for Life campaigns
  • Hundreds of women and men have been spared from the tragic effects of abortion, including a lifetime of regrets
  • More than 850 news stories have been featured in newspapers, magazines, radio shows and TV programs from coast to coast ... and overseas
  • Many people with past abortion experiences have stepped forward to begin post-abortion healing and recovery

After so many years of legalized abortion, many people of faith are experiencing a renewed sense of HOPE!

 

40 Days for Life brings hope in time of crisis

This video highlights 40 Days for Life national director David Bereit's presentation at the "Keep God in America" rally in Jacksonville, marking the end of the 40 Days for Life campaign. "It's a small way for me to say THANK YOU for all you've done to make this 40 Days for Life the most successful spring campaign yet," he said.

 

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":

BLESSINGS SHARED
BY 40 DAYS FOR LIFE
PARTICIPANTS
40 Days for Life is the answer to prayer for me. I always prayed for abortion to end but never knew what else to do. This is a powerful yet godly way to reach people!

The nearest abortion clinic from where I live is 100 miles away. But I made the trip to participate four different times.

The joy of witnessing a young lady turning away from the clinic and going to the crisis pregnancy center across the street.

Learning that the "free ultrasound" coupon worked, convincing women to get ultrasounds – and saving lives

I didn't think I could pray at the abortion clinic. Now I feel I must pray there.

Despite some personal obstacles thrown our way and the forces opposed to us, our campaign still triumphed with fewer babies aborted.

Knowing that a baby was saved on one of the days I prayed!

Christian unity -- setting aside differences in denomination to focus on the sanctity of human life and the unwavering commitment by all.

We are now moving from helplessness towards a strategy to effect real societal change.

Taking part in 40 Days for Life restored my sense of hope.

It was a tremendous spiritual experience to stand in a public place and humbly pray aloud with a group of humble people that we had never met before.

We held the poster "Honk if you're pro-life." I was amazed how many drivers seemed to approve of our action by honking.

Knowing that I was doing something so simple yet so profoundly powerful to bring about the end to abortion.

I now have courage and strength to spread the truth about abortion. I'm not scared to talk about it.

Knowing that all faiths are banding together for the very same reason: Life!

When you are out there at the site praying for the unborn and the mothers and fathers of the little babies, we too experience healing.

The affirmation that the Holy Spirit is at work in our struggle with the evil of abortion and that good will always overcome evil in our world whatever its form.

I also saw a woman drive out jubilant, having changed her mind. That was the most blessed moment for me.

Being able to finally get a conversation going with my daughter about her abortion and getting her to agree to go to Rachel's Vineyard for healing.

A chance to pray directly against the lies of an abortion-providing location. The Jericho walk was incredibly powerful.

Learning that even the most callous hearts can witness and learn the truth about the unborn people that are victims of abortion.