Twin Cites, MN
LOCAL NEWS about 40 Days for Life

Posted Tuesday, November 3, 2009:

"With man this is impossible, but with God all things

are possible." -- Matthew 19:26

I've known about this for the past few weeks, but now

I can finally share the HUGE NEWS!

The director of the Planned Parenthood abortion

facility in Bryan/College Station, Texas -- where 40

Days for Life first began -- has resigned her job,

experienced a profound conversion, and joined our

pro-life efforts.

AMAZING!

Here's what happened ...

Abby Johnson worked at Planned Parenthood in Bryan,

Texas for eight years. She was there when the

first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign was conducted

outside of her workplace in the Bryan/College Station

community in 2004.

She was there for the next 40 Days for Life effort as

well -- the one that helped to launch the first

nationally coordinated 40 Days for Life campaign in

the fall of 2007.

And she was there for the one after that, and the one

after that, and the one after that -- and the one

after that!

In fact, Abby was able to look out the window of

Planned Parenthood and see 40 Days for Life campaigns

on six different occasions -- as well as the regular

year-round prayer presence organized by the local

Coalition for Life, under the leadership of our own

40 Days for Life campaign director Shawn Carney.

For all those years, people outside the clinic prayed

for Abby.

And with all those prayers, Abby finally had a change

of heart. She said, "Over the past few months I had

seen a change in motivation regarding the financial

impact of abortions," she said, "and I reached my

breaking point after witnessing a particular kind of

abortion on an ultrasound."

She quit her job and went across the street to the

headquarters of the Coalition for Life where Shawn

has been helping her over these last few weeks.

Fox News just reported on Abby's conversion, stating:

Abby Johnson, 29, used to escort women from their

cars to the clinic in the eight years she

volunteered and worked for Planned Parenthood in

Bryan, Texas. But she says she knew it was time to

leave after she watched a fetus "crumple" as it was

vacuumed out of a patient's uterus in September.

"When I was working at Planned Parenthood I was

extremely pro-choice," Johnson told FoxNews.com.

But after seeing the internal workings of the

procedure for the first time on an ultrasound

monitor, "I would say there was a definite

conversion in my heart ... a spiritual conversion."

Johnson said she became disillusioned with her job

after her bosses pressured her for months to

increase profits by performing more and more

abortions, which cost patients between $505 and

$695.

"Every meeting that we had was, 'We don't have

enough money, we don't have enough money — we've

got to keep these abortions coming,'" Johnson told

FoxNews.com. "It's a very lucrative business and

that's why they want to increase numbers."

Read the whole story (and see Shawn with Abby) at:

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This is good new from Kalispell, Montana about the effectiveness of 40 Days for Life

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,571215,00.html

Abby finally saw the truth. The truth which Planned

Parenthood often tries to hide -- even from its very

own management staff.

She left on good terms, and says that Planned

Parenthood tried to offer her more money to stay.

"But this was not about money or me being angry," she

said. "It was about my change of heart on abortion."

Planned Parenthood has responded by going to court to

seek a restraining order against both Abby and the

Coalition for Life. The requested court action warns

against disclosing any "confidential information." An

initial court hearing is set for November 10, so

please keep Abby, Shawn, and the Coalition for Life

in your prayers.

Seeing is believing, and you have to see this video

report aired by KBTX-TV in Bryan/College Station:

http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=502

Abby's amazing conversion demonstrates the importance

of a constant, persistent, peaceful prayer presence

in front of abortion facilities.

From that first campaign in 2004, we've prayed for

Abby -- and for all abortion workers -- that they

would come to see what abortion really is, and that

they would leave the deadly business. In this case,

those prayers have been answered.

We are so proud of Abby's courage to leave the

abortion industry and publicly announce her reasons

for leaving.

And now a familiar face has been seen praying outside

Planned Parenthood in Bryan/College Station during

the final days of this fall's 40 Days for Life --

yes, Abby Johnson.

God can and will do amazing things -- if only we ask!

We must continue to pray and fast for more

conversions just like Abby's.

In fact, we WILL continue.

In the days ahead, you'll learn how -- together -- we

will keep this amazing momentum growing.

In all, eight clinic workers left their jobs during

the 40 Days for Life campaign that just ended -- and

reports are still pouring in from across the 212

participating cities, so it could be even more!

I have another updated total for you as well. The

number of babies (and their moms) spared from

abortion during this campaign is now up to ...

542!

Praise God for ALL these miracles!

For Life,

David Bereit

National Director

40 Days for Life

P.S.- Please keep Abby in your prayers this week. She

goes on the Laura Ingraham radio show to tell her

story in a few hours, and is scheduled to be on the

O'Reilly Factor on Friday. May God use her testimony

to change many hearts and minds!

P.P.S.- Want to share words of encouragement or

prayers for Abby? Leave a reply on today's blog post

and we'll make sure Abby sees your comments:

http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=502

 

 

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We just got word that a Planned Parenthood abortion

center in Kalispell, Montana will be closing down for

good next month.

CLOSING!!

And -- you guessed it -- that facility was the

location of Kalispell's 40 Days for Life vigil this

past spring!

Planned Parenthood told the local media it is closing

the center for economic reasons -- or as Stacy James,

a Montana Planned Parenthood executive, admitted to

the daily newspaper, "We've not had the patient

numbers to keep the doors open."

She then went on to blame the economy, the recession,

the health care crunch and a lack of government

subsidies.

Ms. James said nothing at all, however, about the

40 days of prayer, fasting and constant vigil in

front of the Kalispell facility this spring.

Karen, the local 40 Days for Life coordinator in

Kalispell, had no doubt as to why the clinic is

shutting its doors forever. "Our heartfelt pleas to

God for an end to abortion here in Kalispell are

being answered," she said. "Let us rejoice in our

mighty God who has looked down upon His with such

great favor."

It can happen at HealthPartners Regions Hospital as well!!