While “knock-off” and “imitation” may have been associated more with luxury brands and consumer goods, the 40 Days for Life Campaign has experienced a “knock-off” of its pro-life activity by Planned Parenthood, which carried out a recent 40-day event obviously patterned after the successful pro-life prayer campaign but which offers “prayers” in support of abortion rights.
“Some say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but we’re not flattered when America’s largest abortion chain ‘prays’ for the destruction of innocent children — while raking in over $487 million in tax dollars each year to fund its deadly operation,” Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life Campaign Director, stated in the group’s website April 27.
The 40 Days for Life campaign is a pro-life activity that consists of 40 days of prayer and fasting, combined with vigils in shifts outside an abortion center. The first campaign took place in 2004 in Texas, organized by a local group and led by now-40 Days for Life National Director David Bereit.
The national campaign is active twice a year – in the spring and in the fall –but it may be carried all-year-round by local volunteer groups.
A Planned Parenthood facility in California carried out a 40-day “prayer” activity which ended April 27 and offered a “prayer” daily for a specific “intention.”
For example, Day 18 had the participants praying “Today we pray for all the staff at abortion clinics around the nation. May they be daily confirmed in the sacred care that they offer women.” For Day 27, it was “Today we give thanks for abortion providers around the nation whose concern for women is the driving force in their lives.
Other invocations include “Today we pray for medical students who want to include abortion care in their practice” and “Today we pray for a cloud of gentleness to surround every abortion facility. May everyone feel calm and loving.”
The prayer for April 27, the final day, was “Today we give thanks and celebrate that abortion is still safe and legal.”
Liberty Council, a US legal and education non-profit organization, in a press release called Planned Parenthood’s “prayer campaign” a “desperate attempt to regain positive attention and funding.” The group’s Founder and Chairman Matthew Staver added that “As much as they might not like the comparison, Planned Parenthood today is no different than the eugenics promoted by its founder Margaret Sanger who advocated the elimination of ‘undesirables,’ just like the most famous eugenicist, Adolf Hitler.”
The 40 Days for Life Campaign for Spring 2012, which ended April 1 – Palm Sunday – had the following record-breaking results according to the group’s website:
- 100,000+ participants from 4,000+ churches
- Campaigns were held in 261 cities across the U.S., Canada, Australia, England, Ireland, Poland and Spain
- 8 abortion workers quit their jobs
- 883 babies were spared from abortion during this campaign
And, another three abortion facilities closed down for good — where 40 Days for Life campaigns were conducted — Storm Lake, Iowa; Knoxville, Iowa; and Allentown, Pennsylvania. (CBCP for Life)
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