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I just returned from Georgia, where I learned of an 11-year-old girl saved from abortion during the first nationally coordinated campaign back in 2007!

In fact, that 11-year-old girl has since held ANOTHER baby saved by a 40 Days for Life campaign in Georgia!

It’s a reminder of what God makes possible when we show up.

That’s a big deal at a time when the State of Georgia is under attack.

Out-of-state politicians, out-of-touch corporations, and C-list actresses have all set their sites on the Peach State for enacting a law that protects unborn children once a heartbeat is detected.

But the momentum I saw at the Marietta campaign shows just how out of touch these elitists are.

More than 250 pro-lifers packed the room–including pastors, pregnancy center staff, representatives from Georgia Right to Life, and…Abby Johnson’s mom (sort of).

Robin DeMarco–who plays Abby’s mom in Unplanned–attended.

Suzanne and her daughter Rachel (below on the left) lead the Marietta campaign and are as good as it gets–true pro-life heroes. We also heard from two post abortive women who shared their powerful testimonies.

Washington, D.C.

Our good friend and the national director of Priests for Life, Fr. Frank Pavone, dropped by the Washington, D.C. Planned Parenthood to encourage the pro-lifers who were on site.

Michael, the local leader, believes a baby might have been saved by the 13 prayer warriors and sidewalk counselors manning the street that day.

“A couple that looked abortion-minded left about five minutes after entering Planned Parenthood,” he said.

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Sometimes a sign says it all: “No job, no home, no hope; pressured to abort, I chose life.”

Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”

— Luke 1:30-33

Heavenly Father, you have made the womb of each woman a very special place. Help us to hold fast to the sanctity of this first home of humanity, remembering the wonderful mystery, that God inhabited the womb of a young woman and came forth as the savior and deliverer of the world.

See today’s full devotional

Shawn Carney
President/CEO, 40 Days for Life

Just a few years ago, Adam in Southampton, England was a pro-abortion atheist.

He assisted with dozens of abortions when he worked in a hospital and even played a role in the abortion of his own child.

But the month after Adam was baptized as a Christian, he had a terrifying nightmare about his role in that abortion.

Adam is now leading the first 40 Days for Life campaign outside Southampton Hospital, where hundreds of children are lost to abortion each year.

That means he’s the second person ever (after 40 Days for Life Outreach Director Sue Thayer) to lead a 40 Days for Life campaign after working in an abortion unit!

Southampton is about three hours south of the Nottingham abortion facility that became the 100th to close following a 40 Days for Life campaign.

Adam hopes to see Southampton’s abortion ward added to the list of out-of-business abortion facilities shortly!

40 Days for Life kickoff events continue all week in cities around the world.

Redding, California

The 40 Days for Life launch event in Redding featured a keynote talk from Daryl Lefever, one of the producers of Unplanned.

“He spoke about God’s Hand in the timing of the release,” said Paul, the local leader in Redding. “The producers couldn’t have known how abortion would be so prominently discussed nationally after New York and Illinois passed extreme late-term abortion bills.”

At a critical time, the film’s release led to a 30 percent increase in vigil participants. May the momentum continue throughout the fall campaign!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bishop David Zubik helped launch the Pittsburgh 40 Days for Life campaign with a Eucharistic procession through the downtown neighborhood where Planned Parenthood is located.

Escorted by the Pittsburgh Police Department, hundreds of pro-lifers processed through the streets to the abortion facility, breaking out into song along the way.

“This was the most amazing way to kick off our 40 Days for Life EVER!!!” wrote the Pittsburgh team.

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

—Matthew 6:25-26

Loving heavenly Father, help us to see the worth of all human beings by the way in which you provide for us. We would ask that you provide also the faith, grace and courage to enable us to protect that which is so precious to you.

See today’s full devotional

For life,

Shawn Carney

President/CEO, 40 Days for Life