From Eric Scheidler, Executive Director
Pro-Life Action League
I'd like to share a moving story that powerfully
illustrates everything the Pro-Life Action League stands for -- and why your prayers
and support for the League matter so much.
This is a story STRAIGHT from the front lines.
It happened to an activist named Linda at Planned
Parenthood's huge "Abortion Fortress" in Aurora, Illinois. The League
has led the effort to save babies there -- and shut it down in court -- since
2007.
Here's what happened, in Linda's own words:
That day a young man drove by, stopped, and motioned me
over. He has seen those praying daily as he passes by. He told me that seeing
people pray "gave me the strength to fight for my baby."
His pregnant girlfriend wanted an abortion, but Dad
fought for his baby and on the previous Saturday, the "happiest day of my life,"
his son was born.
His words over and over to me were, "Do not think
that you are unnoticed!"
Linda was ECSTATIC at what this man had told her. She's
been out there praying at Planned Parenthood for SIX YEARS, as have so many
others. Little did they know that, week by week, this man was driving by and
seeing them, taking it all in. And then, when the critical moment came, he
remembered their witness and fought for his unborn baby!
What's interesting about this story is that this new
father had no direct contact with anyone in the pro life movement. He and his
girlfriend never talked to a sidewalk counselor. They never visited a pro-life
pregnancy center.
All that happened was that this father saw people PRAYING
outside an abortion clinic, day after day. That witness was enough to inspire
him to fight for his baby's life.
Linda and all those others wouldn't have been out there
praying all those countless hours if the Pro-Life Action League hadn't recruited
and equipped them for this pro-life mission.
But the League can't deploy these life-saving prayer
warriors without the generous support of faithful pro-lifers like YOU.
That's why I wanted to take a moment out of my busy day
to share this inspiring story with you.
Remember the words that young father said to Linda:
"Do not think that you are unnoticed!" My message to you is, do not think
your support for the Pro-Life Action League doesn't matter.
If you're inspired by this father's story of fighting to save
his son from abortion, please follow the link below to keep the Pro-Life Action
League's public pro-life witness going strong:
Through prayer vigils outside
abortion facilities and sidewalk counseling, we reach out to
abortion-bound women and couples with abortion alternatives, confidential
counseling, access to pregnancy resources and other help, and witness to the
value of the lives being destroyed inside.
We believe sidewalk counseling is
the most important pro-life work God has given us to do. Praying outside
abortion clinics is the first step in becoming directly involved fighting
abortion.
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