40 Days for Life begins next week!

From Pro-Life Wisconsin. If you're in the Madison area, don't miss the kickoff (see final item.)

The fall 40 Days for Life campaign officially begins Wednesday, September 28. PLW and our affiliates will once again be organizing and participating in 40 Days for Life, which will be observed this fall in Appleton, Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine, Wausau and across the border in Rockford, Ill.

There have now been eight coordinated 40 Days for Life campaigns since 2007, mobilizing people of faith and conscience in 337 cities across all 50 of the United States plus communities in Canada, Australia, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Spain, Denmark, Georgia, Armenia and Belize.

During these unified efforts, participants witnessed countless blessings from God:

- 1,332 individual campaigns have taken place in 387 cities;

- More than 400,000 have joined together in an historic display of unity to pray and fast for an end to abortion;

- More than 13,000 church congregations have participated in the 40 Days for Life campaig

ns;

- Reports document 4,313 lives that have been spared from abortion — and those are just the ones we know about;

- 53 abortion workers have quit their jobs and walked away from the abortion industry;

- 14 abortion facilities completely shut down following local 40 Days for Life campaigns.

To get involved, call PLW toll-free at (877) 463-7945 or email info@prolifewisconsin.org.

Madison's 40 Days for Life Kickoff will be held Tuesday, September 27 at St. Peter Church in Madison (5001 N. Sherman Avenue). We'll gather between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m., and the program starts at 6 sharp. It will be a potluck dinner (main course will be provided).

Dr. Nancy Fredericks will be the guest speaker. Dr. Fredricks is the whistleblower who exposed the University of Wisconsin's secret plans to perform late-term abortions at the Madison Surgery Center, leading to the massive, successful statewide pro-life uprising that led to the cancellation of those plans and the hasty departure of the abortionist. Without her courageous stance, the MSC would likely be performing late-term abortions. Still, Dr. Fredericks has graciously thanked Vigil for Life, Pro-Life Wisconsin and the 40 Days for Life effort for their roles in stopping the treacherous plan. Come join us for her first ever public speaking engagement on the Madison Surgery Center saga.

Photo: The line of pro-aborts screaming at pro-lifers praying during a Madison Surgery Center rally on the UW campus on February 6, 2010.