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Windsor, Ontario

The Windsor 40 Days for Life vigil takes place in front of a big hospital on a busy street.

Laurie, the local leader, was especially pleased that the youth group from the Windsor-Essex County Right to Life Association committed to an hour of prayer on the eve of the vigil … and at the same hour throughout the campaign.

She is concerned, though, about the buffer zone proposal.

The truth, she said, is that the only “harassment and intimidation” in front of the hospital comes from abortion supporters who “insult us and drop coat hangers at our feet.”

Coat hangers have also been dropped outside the local right to life office.

Laurie said “it was so great to meet Matt and hear his message of hope and inspiration.”

London, Ontario

Matt Britton, the 40 Days for Life board chair, described the vigil site in London as a “tough location on a crazy-busy corner … but about 250 yards from the hospital.”

The highlight of this stop was meeting a retired doctor. Years ago, he had delivered a family’s ninth child – a baby with Down syndrome. The family loved the baby and welcomed him

“But the medical board found out and censured him,” Matt said, “and told him that he should have aborted the baby over the will of the family.” The doctor was ordered to attend a 90-day “re-education” course.

“He told them that he would neither do nor refer for abortions,” Matt learned. “They said that he needed more re-education. He handed in his license.”

An enthusiastic crowd attended the rally … but Matt did spot a counter-protester with a box in front of her head.

“I mentioned that we would be there for 40 days, year after year, and that she would likely be gone in 40 minutes,” he said. “She left about 25 minutes later.”