Biggest ever Lenten 40 Days For Life Campaign starts today
from SPUC:
Vigils are taking place across the UK, despite attempts to ban them.
40 Days For Life (40DFL), the worldwide campaign in which people witness and pray outside abortion clinics, is starting its Lenten campaign today. It is the biggest such campaign yet, with vigils taking place in 354 locations across 25 countries.
Since the first campaign in 2004, which took place in just one location in Texas, 13,998 lives are known to have been saved from abortion, 170 abortion workers have experienced conversions and left their jobs, and 94 abortion centres have closed forever after 40 Days for Life vigils outside their doors.
Despite a concerted attack…
This year, 40DFL vigils are being run in 12 locations across the UK, from Aberdeen to Portsmouth, from Cardiff to Norwich.
This campaign comes in the midst of a concerted attack against peaceful pro-life prayer vigils such as those run by 40DFL. Just yesterday, a Labour MP called people who pray outside clinics “fanatics” “who aim to harass women”. A very similar article has appeared today in the Huffington Post. Across the country, councils have been voting in favour of motions to do “all in their power” to ban vigils, usually by exploring the possibility of imposing a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) around the abortion centre in question.
The Home Office is also running a public consultation into “harassment and intimidation around abortion clinics,” which ends on Monday 19 Feb.
Last few days to respond to the consultation!
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