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Schenectady, New York

Schenectady’s 40 Days for Life campaign got off to an encouraging start as the local team launched its ninth vigil.

The local Catholic bishop led prayer at the campaign’s kickoff event, which was covered by reporters from the Albany Times-Union.

“Primarily, we’re here to pray for and support those faced with a wrenching decision,” Bishop Edward Scharfenberger told the newspaper. “So many times, people face this decision alone.”

“We’re here to bring truth and hope for women and men who visit Planned Parenthood,” said Viviane, the local leader. The newspaper said she called the 40 Days for Life the “last defense” to try and direct women to nearby crisis pregnancy centers and helplines before go to Planned Parenthood for an abortion. “They have another choice, and the choice is life,” she said.

DAY 2: Planned Parenthood in panic mode

Of the 340+ locations where peaceful 40 Days for Life prayer vigils are under way … more than 130 of them are outside Planned Parenthood offices.

And the Planned Parenthood boss is not having a good 2017.

In a recent interview, Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards indicated that because of the changing political climate in the United States, her organization is preparing for the worst-case scenario.

While Planned Parenthood insists that the half-billion dollars in taxpayer funding it receives every year does not pay for abortion … this cash props up the abortion giant, allowing it to remain in business.

While there is certainly a political side to all of this, there’s also a spiritual side. And the bottom line is that it’s time to pray — more fervently than ever — for an end to abortion.

Certainly that applies to those of you praying outside Planned Parenthood facilities … but it applies to all of us as well. All of our prayers — gathered together as one — can make an enormous difference!