Pro-Life "Epic news"—PP Abortion Mill where Abby Johnson Once Worked is closing!

Pro-Life "Epic news"—PP Abortion Mill where Abby Johnson Once Worked is closing!
John Jalsevac (July 19, 2013)

"This is what grace truly looks like. Knowing that the former abortion clinic I once ran is now closing is the biggest personal victory of my life." –Abby Johnson

Abby Johnson, David Bereit(Bryan, TX)—Before 40 Days for Life became an international phenomenon operating in hundreds of cities around the globe, it was a humble prayer campaign organized by local Texas pro-life activists who were disgusted at the presence of an abortion-providing Planned Parenthood clinic in their community.

Now leaders with 40 Days for Life are hailing the pending closure of that clinic—located in Bryan, Texas—as a sign of the power of prayer, as well as the fact that the momentum is now firmly on the side of pro-life.

Planned Parenthood announced this morning that the abortion-providing facility would be closing, along with two other clinics, thanks to funding cuts pushed through by Republicans. The news came on the same day that Governor Rick Perry signed the state's new late-term abortion ban into law.

"This is epic news, 15 years in the making!" said David Bereit, the national director of 40 Days for Life. "Thousands of dedicated community members have faithfully prayed and held peaceful vigils outside this abortion center, offered hope and alternatives to turn away prospective Planned Parenthood customers, and educated the community about the harm of Planned Parenthood.

"These efforts, combined with the decisive action of the Texas legislature, have finally brought about this closure that is an answer to prayer," Bereit said.

Even more than the site of the first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign, the Bryan, Texas, Planned Parenthood office may be most famous as the clinic where pro-life activist Abby Johnson worked for eight years as clinic director.