‘It’s easier to recruit people’
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Image courtesy 40 Days for Life
[Editor’s note: This story was published by The Daily Signal.]
By Mary Margaret Olohan
The Daily Signal
When Roe v. Wade was finally overturned—a victory that pro-life advocates had been striving toward for decades—40 Days for Life President Shawn Carney expected that his organization would probably shrink considerably. But he was underestimating the impact that the monumental June 2022 Supreme Court decision would have on the American public, he said in an interview with The Daily Signal.
“This is the best moment in the history of our movement,” Carney insisted. “We have more momentum. We have more people on our side.”
40 Days for Life, which has been operating since 2007, shared with The Daily Signal that it was operating in 555 cities around the world in the spring of 2021. As of this month, the organization is in 681 cities. 40 Days for Life says it has seen a 126 “city surge” since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
The group, which describes itself as “the world’s largest grassroots movement to end abortion,” says that is has saved over 23,525 unborn lives since then—and 1,733 of those babies have been saved since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe.
Members of 40 Days for Life participate in 40 days of prayer and fasting against abortion described as “a focused, 40-day, non-stop, round-the-clock prayer vigil outside a single Planned Parenthood center or other abortion facility in your community.”