Pro-Lifers Save Two Babies by Singing Christmas Carols Outside Abortion Centers

By Lisa Bourne
Life Site News

Pro-life advocates singing Christmas carols outside abortion facilities saved at least two lives from abortion this past weekend.

In Wood Dale, Illinois, a woman left the abortion facility where pro-life carolers were signing and came to tell them she and her boyfriend decided to keep their baby.

Similarly in Orange, California, a woman who had been moved by the caroling came out of the Planned Parenthood there, telling pro-lifers she had decided to keep her child.

Pro-lifers were able to get the Illinois couple to a local pregnancy center and give them a gift of baby booties for their child, according the Pro-Life Action League, and the California woman was also directed to a local pregnancy center and given a baby sweater for her child on the way.

The group has organized pro-life caroling in some form for 16 years, most recently with the Peace in the Womb theme.

“The fifth annual Peace in the Womb caroling day was a great success,” Pro-Life Action League Assistant Communications Director Matthew Yonke told LifeSiteNews. “With 96 locations nationwide, we brought the message of Christmas hope to abortion facilities from New York to California and all points between.”

With Christmas approaching, the Pro-Life Action League organizes the event as a reminder that while many are making joyful holiday plans, some mothers facing untimely pregnancies are making “much more sorrowful plans” in planning an abortion.

So to bring the light of Christmas to one of the darkest places there is – where babies are aborted – pro-life Christmas carolers met outside the Chicago-area abortion facilities and others this past Saturday, with the message of Christmas hope.

The Pro-Life Action League registered Peace in the Womb caroling events in some 30-plus states between Saturday and other December dates, with some still to come.

The Peace in the Womb caroling day allows pro-lifers to let women seeking abortions know through the Christmas hymns and their presence that there are other hopeful options, and to make help available to the women if they choose life for their child.

More than 90 people turned out Saturday to sing carols for the seven different abortion facilities in the two Illinois caroling tours – four on the Chicago tour, and three in DuPage County.

“We were thrilled to hear about two babies saved from abortion this year – that we know of,” Yonke said, “and there were very few negative interactions with police or passersby.”

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National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.

In Southeast Penna: Call the Community Women's Center at 215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available. Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.

Good Friday Pro-Life Vigils in SE Pennsylvania and Across the USA

Over the years, pro-life advocates have held prayer vigils at local abortion facilities every year during Holy Week. It's a time of prayer and public witness. A time to remind the members of our communities of the horror taking place inside these killing centers while they go about their daily routines. It's a time when we remember the ultimate sacrifice that Our Lord made for all of us, born and preborn.

Below is a list of some of the locations in the Southeast PA area that will have prayer vigils during Holy Week. Please commit to spending one hour of your time at one of these vigils or at one of the many that will take place throughout the country.

A link is provided here from the Pro-Life Action League for other locations across the USA. Information is provided below for the following locations in Southeast Pennsylvania are: 

• Center City Philadelphia
• Northeast Philadelphia
• Norristown
• Warminster
• West Chester

Center City  

     

Join us as we give witness to life in Philadelphia this Good Friday. 

The day begins with a prayer service at Planned Parenthood located at 1144 Locusts Street (map).   Schedule above shows the times of each of the events taking place   We invite everyone to join one or hopefully all of these events. 

For more information contact: Patrick Stanton (267)718-4851.

Norristown

We invite all pro-life citizens of Montgomery County for a Prayer Vigil starting at 12:00 noon at the Planned Parenthood at 1221 Powell Street (map). Off street parking available. Also, parking is free at the Medical Building parking garage on Powell Street. Please enter on Fornance Street. 

Northeast Philadelphia

Pro-life Stations of the Cross will be held at the Comly Road Planned Parenthood (map) beginning at 9:00 am. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be recited following the Stations.

We invite everyone to attend and pray with us in reparation for the crimes of abortion that take place in this facility and those across our nation.

Warminster

Our Good Friday observance at Planned Parenthood in Warminster will begin with a procession from Nativity of Our Lord Church parking lot located at 605 W. Street Road (map) starting at 9:30 and ending at the Planned Parenthood on Louis Drive.

At 10:00 we will have the reading of the Passion and the Stations of the Cross in front of Planned Parenthood.

West Chester 

The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ

 Planned Parenthood

Market Street and Wayne Avenue 
West Chester, Pa.  (map)

9:00 a.m.—Passion according to John

Without Jesus suffering and His death there would be no healing for sinners and no Easter Sunday.

Our local community in West Chester needs this reminder since innocent life is taken right at PP, and few local residents object or help the families to chose life for their children.

 

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does?  

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.

In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.  Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

August 9, 2007: Pro-Life Action League Squares Off With Planned Parenthood in Aurora, Illinois

By Eric Scheidler

Pro-Life Action League

On August 9, 2007, the Pro-Life Action League began what would become one of the most important campaigns in our 37 year history—the fight against Planned Parenthood’s Aurora, Illinois mega-center. The facility, which was the first step in Planned Parenthood’s strategy of shifting from small clinics in many communities to building large, regional mega-centers, was brought into Aurora, Illinois under a cloud of deceit. 

They lied to the state of Illinois about their tax status, to the city government of Aurora about who they were and what their intentions were, and, by extension, to the people of Aurora who were given no notice whatsoever that the largest abortion clinic in the country at the time was about to move into their backyard. 

The ensuing struggle was a pitched battle with thousands of pro-lifers joining the fight to stop the nation’s largest abortion chain from opening their new flagship center in their town, making it, in the words of Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards, “Ground Zero” in the abortion war. 

While the facility did eventually open, the battle itself had huge ramifications for the future of the Pro-Life Action League, and the pro-life movement as a whole. 

Click here to read a detailed history of the fight against Planned Parenthood in Aurora, Illinois.

In the You Tube above, Pro-Life Action League executive director Eric Scheidler shares some reflections on this poignant anniversary. Look for more posts looking back on this historic chapter in the Pro-Life Action League’s history in the months ahead! 

View more: https://prolifeaction.org/2017

Website: Pro-Life Action League

"Face the Truth" Tour Kicks Off This Week‏

From Eric Scheidler,Executive Director 

Pro-Life Action League

The pro-life movement has scored some huge victories in the last few weeks with the Supreme Court's rulings in the Hobby Lobbyreligious freedom case and the McCullen sidewalk counseling case.

But did you know that BOTH of these victories started with GRASSROOTS ACTION?

Public protest against the HHS Mandate gave rise to the Hobby Lobby case, and the sidewalk counseling case came out of Eleanor McCullen's direct outreach to abortion-bound mothers.

That's why I'm so eager to hit the road with the Pro-Life Action League's summer "Face the Truth" Tour, July 11 to 19.

On the Truth Tour, League staff and scores of volunteers take large posters of abortion victims out to busy intersections to bring the reality of abortion to the public.

It's a controversial tactic, but it needs to be done. The 3,000 daily victims of abortion cannot remain hidden, unseen by the very society that condones their legal murder.

But I need YOUR help for this peaceful, prayerful campaign to succeed. Specifically, I'm asking for your PRAYERS.

Will you please keep me, my staff and the hundreds of volunteers who will be hitting the streets on the Tour in your prayers in the coming days?

Please pray also for the thousands who will pass by and see these disturbing pictures. Pray that hearts be moved, minds be changed and lives be saved by this powerful display.

Finally, pray for the police who will be out there protecting our First Amendment right to conduct the Truth Tour and preventing the opposition from making trouble.

You can find the full schedule for the Tour -- so you'll know exactly when we need your prayers most -- right here:

http://prolifeaction.org.truthtours

Abortion supporters like Planned Parenthood depend on slogans like "women's rights" and "reproductive choice" to keep the American people confused and apathetic about abortion.

But when you have to literally stare abortion victims in the face, Planned Parenthood's propaganda crumbles. That's what the Truth Tour is all about.

Thanks so much for your prayers and support in the coming days.

Holy Week Pro-Life Vigils in SE Pennsylvania and Across the USA

Over the years, pro-life advocates have held prayer vigils at local abortion facilities every year during Holy Week. It's a time of prayer and public witness. A time to remind the members of our communities of the horror taking place inside these killing centers while they go about their daily routines.  It's a  time when we remember the ultimate sacrifice that Our Lord made for all of us, born and preborn.

Below is a list of the many sites in the Southeast PA area that will have prayer vigils during Holy Week. Please commit to spending one hour of your time at one of these vigils or at one of the many that will take place throughout the country.  A link is provided here from the Pro-Life Action League for other locations across the USA.  

Holy Thursday Vigil

 Norristown, PA

We invite  all pro-life citizens of Montgomery County for a Prayer Vigil on Holy Thursday, from 10 - 11 am at the Planned Parenthood at 1221 Powell Street.  This site is adjacent to the former Montgomery Hospital. 


Thursdays are abortion days here.  Our prayerful presence helps to save lives and provides a small act of reparation for the abortions occurring in our country.

Good Friday Vigils

Center City Philadelphia, PA

A prayer vigil, including the Stations of the Cross, will take place at the Planned Parenthood located at 12th and Locust Streets from 9:00 - 10:00 am.  


We invite everyone to attend and pray with us in reparation for the crimes of abortion that take place in this facility and those across our nation.  

Northeast Philadelphia, PA

Pro-Life Stations of the Cross will be held at the Comly Road Planned Parenthood at 9:00 am.  Deacons Ed Dymek from St. Ephraim Church, and Jim Duffy from St. Catherine of Sienna Church will lead everyone in this devotion.  Please join us in prayer in reparation for the crime of abortion committed here and across our nation.

This is a killing day at this site.  Counselors and prayer warriors will be present from 6:30 – 8:00 am.  If you can, please come and give your prayerful support during that time.

West Chester, PA

Please join us at the Planned Parenthood located at Market Street & Wayne Avenue in West Chester, PA as we pray and give public witness for the sanctity of all human life. 

We will begin at 9:00 am with the recitation of the Passion according to the Gospel of  John. 

Warminster, PA 

Our Good Friday observance at Planned Parenthood in Warminster will begin with a procession from Nativity of Our Lord Church parking lot starting at 9:30 an ending at the Planned Parenthood on Louis Drive. 

At 10:00 we will have the reading of the Passion and the Stations of the Cross in front of Planned Parenthood.

Upper Darby, PA

A prayer vigil will be held at the Planned Parenthood at 7200 Chestnut Street in Upper Darby from 9:30 - 11:00 am.  We invite all pro-life people from Delaware County to join us for this vigil.  Although this facility only does abortion referrals, our prayerful witness provides a small act of reparation for the abortions occurring across our nation.

Holy Saturday Vigil

All are invited to join us for Stations of the Cross,  at St. John the Evangelist Church at 13th & Market Streets followed by a Rosary Pilgrimage to Planned Parenthood located at 12th & Locust Streets in center-city Philadelphia.  

For those in other areas, use this link to find a Good Friday or Holy Week prayer vigil near you.

PROOF That Prayers at the Abortion Clinic REALLY WORK

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:

Use this link to help the League bring more life-saving prayer to America's abortion clinics! 

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.

A New Pro-Life Generation

Teens at a "Youth for Truth" rally outside Planned Parenthood in Aurora, IL

A significant change in our culture has gone largely unnoticed: young people are more pro-life than their elders. Generations for Life is the Pro-Life Action League's outreach to this new pro-life generation.

Generations for Life empowers teens to be effective pro-life leaders by helping them to establish lively pro-life clubs within their own high school communities and youth groups. Visit the Generations for Life blog for the latest GFL news.

Transforming the Culture

Generations for Life is on the leading edge of a growing youth movement to transform the culture and usher in an era of reverence for all human life from conception to natural death—a culture in which all people, whatever their age, ability, background or physical condition, are treated as members of one human family and children of God.

Teens at Youth for Truth rally outside Planned Parenthood Aurora

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The Pro-Life Action League was founded by Joseph M. Scheidler in 1980 with the aim of saving unborn children through non-violent direct action.