Right to Life of Southwest Indiana welcomes all to attend a prayer vigil in observance of the 40 Days for Life campaign to end abortion on Tuesday, September 24 at 6 p.m. on the front steps of Memorial Catholic High School on Lincoln Avenue. Bishop Siegel will say a prayer and then those in attendance will walk to Planned Parenthood on Weinbach. Pastor Jamie Kent of Trinity United Church of Christ in Mount Vernon will conclude with a prayer in front of Planned Parenthood. There will be a bus to transport prayer partners back to the high school.
40 Days for Life is an internationally coordinated 40–day campaign that aims to end abortion locally through prayer and fasting, community outreach, and an all day vigil in front of Planned Parenthood. The campaign is a peaceful and educational presence. Prayer partners send a powerful message to the community about the tragic reality of abortion.
According to Mary Ellen Van Dyke, Executive Director, “While Planned Parenthood does not commit abortions locally, it sends young moms to locations in Bloomington and Indianapolis, where Planned Parenthood kills their unborn children. Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion corporation in the USA and killed more than 320,000 unborn babies last year.â€
Since the first coordinated 40 Days for Life campaign took place in 2007:Â 16,004 lives have been saved; 104 abortion centers have closed; and 191 abortion workers have quit.
