163 cities preparing for next 40 Days for Life campaign

 40 Days for Life locations

We're gearing up for the largest spring 40 Days for Life campaign yet!

From February 17 through March 28, teams in 163 cities from coast to coast in the United States – as well as locations in Canada, Australia and Northern Ireland – will take part in this mission.

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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...

 

Former Planned Parenthood director tells story on O'Reilly Factor

During the fall 40 Days for Life campaign, the director of the Planned Parenthood abortion center in Bryan, Texas resigned her job. Abby Johnson had worked at the clinic for eight years, but departed from the facility following a profound change of heart about abortion after she witnessed an ultrasound abortion.

Here's a short video clip of Abby's appearance on The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel:

 

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!