WASHINGTON, D.C., August 11, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The coordinators of the international prayer and fasting campaign to end abortion have announced that more cities around the world are participating than ever before, with nearly 300 locations in five countries.
Shawn Carney, National Director of 40 Days for Life, announced on the campaign’s blog Thursday that the 40 Days for Life Fall Campaign 2011 was destined to “make history.”
Registered participants include 291 locations, a record-breaking number that may still increase in upcoming weeks; 48 US states plus Washington, DC and Puerto Rico; seven Canadian provinces; countries including Australia, England, Spain and, for the first time, Germany and Argentina.
WASHINGTON, January 27 (C-FAM) - Major events in Paris, Washington DC, and San Francisco this past week exemplified the new face of the pro-life movement: young, vocal, and rapidly expanding.
On the heels of a new poll that reaffirmed that a majority of Americans self-identify as pro-life, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered Monday in the nation’s capital to protest the 38th anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand.
This year’s March for Life was notable for the prominence of its speakers, which included newly elected Senator Marco Rubio from Florida.
“On this day, we remember the tragic Roe v. Wade decision, whereby the Supreme Court determined that equal protection and equal rights do not apply to the unborn,” said Rubio. “In doing so, the court rejected the truth that all of our rights are derived from the self-evident, fundamental right to life.”
During this March, every participant is invited to help us to communicate these instructions and see that they are courteously respected. Let the message of life be in the center of this March, so we'll be able to respect every one's approach.
By Randall K. O'Bannon, Ph.D., NRL-ETF Director of Education & Research
On September 28, 2000, with just months to go in the Clinton Administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved RU486, the chemical abortion "pill," which is actually the first part of a two-drug combination. In the 10 years that have passed, this abortifacient has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 1.4 million unborn children and has been associated with the deaths of at least a dozen mothers.
And its reach is growing. According to the Associated Press, RU486–also known by its generic name mifepristone or its U.S. trade name Mifeprex–is now responsible for about a quarter of all abortions done in the first nine weeks of pregnancy and about 15% of all U.S. abortions overall (Washington Post, 9/27/10).
While the number and rate of abortions have gone down over the past 20 years (returning to levels not seen since the early days of Roe), that decrease has slowed, and in some states, perhaps even begun to reverse, since the approval of RU486.
First of all this is Chicago, where you'd expect liberal-progressive politicians and the laws they pass to go to great lengths to push abortion over life, but when the police employ a "bubble law" to arrest a man for praying, this seems a bit too far of a stretch - even for Chicago: Praying Outside Clinic Gets Man Disorderly Conduct Charge (Fox News):
PARIS, January 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - 25,000 pro-lifers, consisting largely of families and youth, marched peacefully against abortion in Paris on Sunday in the 6th annual Paris "March for Life." The event brought together 15 French pro-life advocacy groups against abortion on the 35th anniversary of its legalization in the country.
Présentation de la Marche pour la Vie à destination de nos amis étrangers (en anglais).
Since its first edition in 2005, the Paris March for Life has a rallying point for pro-lifers from all across Europe. Every year, it attracts more delegations from European countries other than France : Italy, Spain, Belgium, the UK, Poland, Switzerland, Germany and Ireland among others.
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 11, 2011 (
On September 28, 2000, with just months to go in the Clinton Administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved RU486, the chemical abortion "pill," which is actually the first part of a two-drug combination. In the 10 years that have passed, this abortifacient has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 1.4 million unborn children and has been associated with the deaths of at least a dozen mothers.
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