Ending Abortion is a Cause Worth Fighting For!

A group of defenders of the sanctify of human life in Mansfield, Ohio and surrounding areas last Thursday, April 11, 2019, just completed a 6-day campaign in front of a PlannedParenthood affiliate near downtown Mansfield.

We followed the 40 Days for Life model somewhat. The national 40 Days for Life campaigns are held twice a year in the spring and the fall. While the actual 40 Days for Life Campaign is conducted for 40 consecutive days, we only covered the hours that the local facility is opened (8:00am – 6:00pm) on six consecutive Thursdays. We managed to have someone present each hour for six Thursdays.

The highlight of our mini-campaign for me was when, ironically, a pregnant couple stopped to talk to us. It is not that unusual to have people walk by and either greet, ignore or condemn us. However, this couple was extremely happy. They stopped by Denny, who had a “Dads for Life” sign, and talked to us. The father couldn’t stop smiling in reaction to that particular sign, after all he was a new dad! 

The couple apparently had just been to the doctor’s office, because the mother proudly displayed her ultrasound pictures.

Happy Couple Outside of Planned Parenthood Celebrating New Life

What a beautiful and refreshing contrast to the mostly malicious and devious misinformation, counsel and services provided inside of the typical Planned Parenthood facility.

The biggest or the “Mother of all Lies,” told by Planned Parenthood staff as confirmed and shown in the insightful and dramatic Unplanned (2019) movie (see also the movie's Facebook page), which is currently in theaters, is that the baby that mothers carry are “Not a Baby.” They deny scientific reality to make a sale.

Additionally, although Planned Parenthood employs ultrasound machines, most of the time they do not show those pictures to the mother. They typically use ultrasounds to determine how far along the pregnancy is and for use in the actual abortion procedure, which was also depicted in the Unplanned movie.

Other highlights were the young man who stopped and heard the gospel from Pastor Kerby and prayed to receive Jesus as his savior. Two homeschool families joined us over a lunch hour and the 4-year old boy counted 90+ honks from vehicles passing by during the hour he was present. Several people stopped to join us when they saw what we were doing and took signs and stood with us.