40 Days for Life: 123 Babies Saved

October 5, 2009 (40DaysforLife.com) - Judging from the hundreds of e-mail messages I get daily, you like to hear stories about babies saved from abortion, and you like to see pictures of 40 Days for Life in action. So, today I bring you both!

Kristina and Michele in Syracuse, New York were praying in front of Planned Parenthood when two young women stopped to talk. One of the young women said she was pregnant and going to Planned Parenthood for an abortion.

Instead, she was encouraged to visit a pro-life pregnancy resource center where she was offered a free ultrasound. "Long story short," said Kristina, "the girl decided against having the abortion. Praise the Lord!"

"To all those who are there with us in spirit and praying at home, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts," Michele added. "It is because of your prayers and God's love and mercy that this young woman's baby was saved."

Sandy in Toms River, New Jersey reported that a young couple drove into the abortion center parking lot. The woman got out and walked towards the clinic; the man stayed in the car.

A counselor asked if the young woman needed any help. She told the counselor she was pregnant and couldn't take care of another baby because she already had a young child. The woman went back to the car, looked at the pro-life literature she was given, and then entered the building.

An hour later, she left the clinic and went back to the sidewalk to tell the counselor she had decided to keep the baby.

"I am convinced that all the prayers and sacrifices being offered to God since the start of the campaign had a part in this miracle," Sandy said. "In a spectacular display of religious unity in our belief in the sanctity of life, a group of women from the Pentecostal Church of Grace and Peace prayed at the front of the clinic while a group of Catholic women prayed by the entrance. This is what 40 Days for Life is all about!"

Melissa in Charlotte, North Carolina found out firsthand that because of its widespread availability, abortion can even tempt people of faith. At the 40 Days for Life vigil, she met a woman who was at the clinic to schedule an abortion.

"She broke down crying and revealed that she was a Christian, who had fallen into sin," Melissa said. The child's father, a married leader in her church, was pressuring her to have an abortion. "She knew it was wrong, but she didn't know what to do." She had spoken to her pastor, but had not received any definitive counsel.

Still, it was obvious the woman knew the truth; her car had a "let God have his way" sticker and the bible was sitting on the passenger seat. "We hugged her and listened to her as she poured her heart out and wept on our shoulder. After baring her soul," Melissa said, "she chose life!"

Melissa asks for your prayers for this woman. "She has a very difficult road ahead and she is obviously going to be ostracized by those closest to her for making the decision to carry this child to term."

Those are just a few of the stories of at least 123 lives saved so far by your prayers and participation in this 40 Days for Life.

I can't wait to share even more stories and pictures with you in the coming days!

(To find out more about 40 Days for Life, click here.)

1 posted on 10/05/2009 3:36:23 PM PDT by wagglebee

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3 posted on 10/05/2009 3:37:33 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)

4 posted on 10/05/2009 3:41:48 PM PDT by dalebert

This is fabulous news, indeed!

5 posted on 10/05/2009 3:46:05 PM PDT by samiam1972 ("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)

For anyone in the Chicago area, today we received this news in our mailbox:

I need your urgent help RIGHT NOW to stop a proposed ordinance in the City of Chicago that would be DEVASTATING to our pro-life efforts, including sidewalk counseling.

Chicago abortionists -- led by Planned Parenthood -- are pushing the Chicago City Council to adopt a new "bubble zone" ordinance, which would prohibit pro-lifers from coming within eight feet of any person approaching an abortion clinic.

The bubble zone would make sidewalk counseling nearly impossible within the city limits! Such a chilling attack on free speech could even halt the 40 Days for Life campaign going on right now!

The proposed ordinance was passed by the Human Relations committee last week, and could be voted on by the City Council as early as this Wednesday.

Please ACT NOW to stop the Chicago Bubble Zone and protect free speech. Here's what YOU can do:

1. CALL Mayor Daley's Office TODAY at 312-744-3300. Tell them you oppose this unconstitutional restriction on your freedom of speech.

2. Join the PROTEST at City Hall Wednesday 10/7 at 9 a.m. Meet me at 121 N. LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago to oppose the bubble zone. I'll bring plenty of signs.
---> MAP: Link

3. FORWARD this message to all your Chicago-area friends. We've got to flood Mayor Daley's office with calls against Bubble Zone ordinance. Mobilize your friends and family!

I can't emphasize enough how fatal this Bubble Zone would be. Pro-life counselors are saving babies every week by talking intimately with abortion-bound mothers outside the abortuaries.

The Bubble Zone would effectively KILL this kind of compassionate outreach, with a $500 fine for simply trying to talk to a woman about choosing life for her baby.

The fact that the abortionists are trying so hard to stop sidewalk counseling is a powerful sign of how effective it is. Please join the effort to save sidewalk counseling in Chicago!

Yours for Life,
-- Eric

P.S. I'm planning to hold a press conference Wednesday during the protest at City Hall, so please try to come if you can. we need a strong pro-life crowd there for the media to see!

Eric Scheidler
Executive Director
Pro-Life Action League
Tel: 630-896-1200

6 posted on 10/05/2009 3:47:50 PM PDT by mlizzy ("It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy" --Mother Teresa of Calcutta.)

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7 posted on 10/05/2009 4:01:13 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)

Pray for an end to the Culture of Death in America!

8 posted on 10/05/2009 4:20:20 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

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9 posted on 10/05/2009 5:13:14 PM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available FREE at KnightsForLife.org)

I wish I lived near one of these places so I could stand with these wonderful souls.

Thanks for posting these accounts.

10 posted on 10/05/2009 6:44:31 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)

Pray for our unborn children! Thank the Lord for these that have been saved!

11 posted on 10/05/2009 10:27:25 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Be prepared for tough times. FReepmail me to learn about our survival thread!)

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