40 Days for Life spring campaign will take place on Feb. 14-March 24 in Bloomington and Indianapolis

Criterion staff report

40 Days for Life is a campaign of prayer, fasting and peaceful activism held in the spring and fall with the purpose of turning hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life and bringing an end to abortion.

The spring campaign runs from Feb. 14-March 24. Two locations in the archdiocese are participating: Bloomington and Indianapolis.

While state law now prohibits Planned Parenthood from performing abortions, women still visit the facilities in these two cities for out-of-state abortion referrals, birth control, morning-after (Plan B) abortion pills, transgender hormone therapy and other services that contradict a culture of life.

“During the 2023 fall campaign in Indianapolis, there were three babies’ lives saved,” says Indianapolis 40 Days for Life coordinator Linda Kile. “From Sept. 1 through Dec. 31, 13 women that we know of went to Planned Parenthood for pregnancy help. How can we not continue to have a presence on the sidewalk as long as Planned Parenthood is open? How can we abandon even one of the least of God’s creatures?”

She adds that, because of a 40 Days for Life campaign outside of a Planned Parenthood abortion referral center in Texas managed by Ramona Travino, “God spoke to her, and she realized she had to quit her job. As a result, the center closed!”

Following is information on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campaigns.

Bloomington: The campaign will take place along the public right-of-way outside of the Planned Parenthood facility at 421 S. College Ave. Parking is available at the meters along the street at $1 per hour. Do not park in the Planned Parenthood parking lot.

To sign up, go to 40daysforlife.com/en/bloomington.

For more information, contact Deacon Russell Woodard at 812-988-6995 or e-mail rbwoodard@ameritech.net.

Indianapolis: The campaign will take place in front of the Planned Parenthood facility at 8590 Georgetown Road. Parking is available along Georgetown Road; do not park in the Women’s Care Center parking lot or at the industrial complex across from the Planned Parenthood facility.

To sign up, go to 40daysforlife.com/en/indianapolis.

For additional information, contact Kile at 317-213-4778 or e-mail her at linda@goangels.org.

To find other 40 Days for Life campaigns outside of the archdiocese, go to 40daysforlife.com and select “Locations.” †