Report from America - Day 26

How about some GREAT NEWS to start off your new week?

The total number of confirmed reports of lives saved
since the beginning of this fall's 40 Days for Life
campaign is now up to...

...306!!

And here are just a few of the amazing stories
pouring in from across North America.

An abortion worker wrote a long letter to the local
40 Days for Life coordinator in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The
writer began by admitting there should be more
adoptions, and then she made an unusual request:
"Would you please stop calling here and pretending
you are pregnant? We have had a lot of girls
canceling their appointments."

"Personally, I don't know anybody calling and
pretending they are pregnant," said Cynthia in Tulsa.
"So those can celled appointments are the real deal."

It isn't just Tulsa.

"The most noticeable thing for us has been a 50
percent decrease in abortion patient visits from the
first week," reports Audra in Boulder, Colorado. "We
saw five or six women go in two weeks ago. But last
week, we only saw three. The abortionist and staff
all left rather early last week, too. He usually
stays until 5, but he left around 2 pm. The staff was
mostly gone by 4:30. Business must be slow, huh?"

In Fargo, North Dakota, Colleen points out, "The
normal amount of abortions each week is 20-30. Since
the 40 Days for Life campaign started we have seen no
more than 10-15 girls go inside the building on
abortion days."

"We have seen a 30 percent decline in patronage of
the abortion facility," said George in Charleston,
South Carolina. "Saturday is generally the busiest
day." But on a recent Saturday, the clinic was closed
-- the first time this has happened.

Tim in Bakersfield, California is noting the same
trend. "In fact, the number of abortions at this
point in this campaign -- based on our best estimates
-- is exactly half of the number of abortions at this
point in the spring 40 Days for Life campaign."

This is amazing news! But what's happening? If these
women aren't going to the abortion facilities, where
are they going?

Well, there's good news here, too. They're often
turning instead to pro-life pregnancy centers and
keeping their babies.

In Jacksonville, Florida, the 40 Days for Life vigil
is at an abortion facility just down the street from
a pregnancy resource center. Pam said a girl had come
to this center after seeing the volunteers praying
outside the abortion clinic.

"She decided not to go to the abortion clinic first,
but went to the pro-life center and asked for an
ultrasound. We continue to pray that she will keep
the baby after seeing the little body on the screen."

At another such center in Falls Church, Virginia,
"The phone has been ringing off the hooks," said
Ruby, the local 40 Days for Life coordinator. "About
18 women have come by for pregnancy tests this week.
Normally they have one person coming in a day."

Of the abortion-minded women who came in, 60 percent
have decided to keep their babies. "Praise be to
God!" said Ruby.

This follow-up work is crucial to make sure that
these women have the support they need to take care
of their children -- and themselves.