News from 40 Days for Life

Adventures in Post-national Buffer Zone Britain

22-APRIL

Sheffield The Sheffield vigil has moved down the road to a busy intersection, at the bottom of the road of a huge hospital. Strategically, it’s a better location, witnessing thousands of passers-by in the student zone of the city. They have had lots of students approach them, telling them they are ...

Hungary and Austria where vigils are thriving

22-APRIL

Budapest, Hungary Hungary has 11 prayer vigils in 9 different cities this Lent, by far a record, with reports that abortions are declining in the city of Vac from 15 a day to 10 a day with strong Episcopal support. Both Protestants and Catholics are joining vigils in Hungary. Vigils are happening ...

Bishop joins vigil in Hungary

01-APRIL

"There used to be 15 abortions per week in the Vác hospital, but during the prayer movement this number dropped to ten per week." On March 24, 2025, Bishop Zsolt Marton, the family referent, said that this is the third season that they have joined the 40 Days for Life prayer ...

Campaign in Mostar, Bosnia Flourishing

01-APRIL

The campaign team report that their campaign is going very very well. They are reaping the fruits of the Bishop’s paternal blessing. Priests and nuns come to them, pray and praise the work and commitment of lay people with the Bishop’s blessing. There is excellent response and acceptance from the public, ...

Praying in Frankfurt's Westend only possible under police protection!

31-MARCH

The Frankfurt 40 Days for Life vigil is once again taking place this Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday. For 40 days, we pray and fast for LIFE. Peacefully and lawfully. This is now the seventeenth campaign in Frankfurt, held twice a year since 2017. The group has never ...

Philippines campaign is a stunning first time effort!

26-MARCH

The Philippines are having a stunning first campaign. As the largest Christian country in Asia where abortion is still illegal, prayers are needed all the more for this Catholic country. Early in the campaign, the group started with Holy Mass offered for the fruits of 40 Days for Life, with a ...

Janet Thomas long time leader in Cardiff, Wales sadly passes away.

14-MARCH

Janet Thomas, 40 Days for Life leader in Cardiff has sadly passed away. We pray for the repose of her soul and may Angels lead her to paradise. She has been a long-time volunteer for the pro-life movement, helping SPUC for many decades, and is survived by 8 children. Janet was ...

Jamaican team attacked again

10-MARCH

KINGSTON, JAMAICA.- Vigil volunteers in Kingston, Jamaica had an attack on their vigil site. 4 volunteers were issued with threats and their signs were torn up. The team will look to have security once again this campaign after they were threatened last year.The abortion facility called the police on the ...

Vienna team sees schoolchildren attend the museum of abortion and contraception

10-MARCH

VIENNA, AUSTRIA. On Day 6, an eyewitness reports at 8.30 am seeing a teacher from a Catholic private school bringing a school class into the abortion museum directly underneath the abortion center. The volunteer asks for prayers for the children attending the abortion museum. It is 8.40 and the teacher ...

Abortion centre has opened in Warsaw for the first time: vigil volunteers are holding fast in prayer

10-MARCH

WARSAW, POLAND. Abortion center has opened in Warsaw, Poland for the first time: vigil volunteers are holding fast in prayer. Abortion is still mostly illegal in Poland, but abortionists want to circumvent the law in hopes that the liberal government will tolerate it. At present abortion is permitted if the ...

24-hour Vienna campaign camping outside the Museum of Abortion and Contraception

06-MARCH

The 40 Days for Life team in Vienna, Austria has set up camp outside Vienna’s largest abortion provider and will not budge for 40 days and 40 nights! The abortion center is also a museum for abortion and contraception. With their tent, they are protected somewhat from wind, rain, and ...

Lipa City, Philippines starts an inaugural campaign with community outreach in a school

06-MARCH

The Philippines is the largest Christian country in Asia. After a mission trip there last year, they are running a 40 Days for Life campaign for the first time. Thanks be to God abortion is still illegal in the country. On the first day, they are reaching out to 400 ...

Glasgow campaign starts strong

06-MARCH

The Glasgow campaign has seen it all in recent years - from snow to media and political controversy! The Lent 2025 started with viral international media coverage, as another media storm hit as they continue the prayer vigil peacefully and prayerfully outside the second largest hospital in Europe, the Queen ...

Signs of hope for the United Kingdom freedom of speech debate affecting the pro-life movement

03-MARCH

Recent news has shown considerable hope for the freedom of speech debate in the United Kingdom affecting the pro-life movement.First, US Vice President JD Vance gave a groundbreaking speech criticizing violations of free speech in the United Kingdom, citing the arrest of Adam Smith-Connor, a 40 Days for Life leader ...

Help to foster national growth. Case study: Italy

26-FEBRUARY

A key part of helping 40 Days for Life grow internationally is helping national leaders and teams grow and take the campaign to the next level. The establishment of a national team or leader is instrumental in helping facilitate that growth so that new cities can be inspired and start ...

Kick Off Rally in Kingston, Jamaica: February 2025

26-FEBRUARY

The Kickoff Rally for 40 Days for Life Kingston was held on February 22, 2025, at the Covenant City Church in HalwWay Tree, Kingston, Jamaica. Some 40 persons attended this pioneering event, the first in the Caribbean region. It was spirit-filled, spirit-led, powerful, tear-jerking, and inspirational, with a powerful testimony ...

Ealing campaign launches with pro-life testimonies and hope in the face of adversity

25-FEBRUARY

Sarah Bignell has valiantly led the 40 Days for Life vigil in Ealing and central London for many years now, seeing lives saved from even outside the buffer zone. Despite all the legal challenges to pro-life public witness, lives have been saved. To date 4 leaders have been arrested or ...

Elderly grandmother becomes the first person to be arrested in Scotland under new buffer zones law

21-FEBRUARY

Rose Docherty, 40 Days for Life leader and a 74-year-old grandmother, is the first person in Scotland to be arrested and charged under the buffer zones law introduced in Scotland in September 2024. Police officers told her that she was suspected of holding a “silent vigil” within a buffer zone ...

Vance covers the persecution of 40 Days for Life campaigns in European Defence speech as a wake-up call on free speech

17-FEBRUARY

US Vice President JD Vance cited a 40 Days for Life leader extensively in a defense speech in Munich as an example of defending free speech and democracy. On Friday 14 February, the Vice President of the United States of America cited 40 Days for Life former local leader Adam ...

Case Beatriz vs. El Salvador: The IACHR Confirms There Is No Right to Abortion

21-DECEMBER-24

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights confirms that there is no right to abortion in its ruling on the Beatriz vs. El Salvador case.In a historic decision published on December 20, the Court ruled that abortion is not a right under the American Convention on Human Rights. This decision, part ...

Cosa dire quando presentation in Modena and a prospective new campaign in Bolonia, Italy

25-NOVEMBER-24

From November 22 to 24, the city of Modena, Italy, hosted the presentation of the book Cosa dire quando, the Italian translation of What to Say When by Shawn Carney and Steve Karlen. This edition was published by 40 Days for Life International. The weekend also included an informative workshop ...

Pro-life workshop held in Malta with goal to expand public pro-life prayer campaign

23-NOVEMBER-24

In the first century, St Paul’s shipwreck helped to start Malta’s relationship with Christianity. Since then, the country has been brimming rich in Catholic history, culture and heritage. Invaded for centuries and of significant naval strategic importance in the Mediterranean, Malta gained independence from Britain in 1964.Today, the tide of ...

40 Days for Life International Annual Overview

13-NOVEMBER-24

2024 was a superb year for 40 Days for Life: Here are some of the highlights:JanuaryA workshop was conducted on January 13 in Patronage du Bon Conseil in Paris. Dr Maria Pilar Calva shared her experience of working with Dr Jérôme Lejeune, a world famous geneticist. The workshop clarifies that ...

Father Van Allen Hager

11-NOVEMBER-24

His unwavering commitment to defending life has left a profound mark on the hearts of the entire Pro-Life 40 Days for Life family. His faith and courage have inspired many to value and protect human life at all stages. May he find peace in the presence of God, and may ...

Campaign Update November 2024

06-NOVEMBER-24

This year we witnessed over 100 campaigns in 23 different countries for 40 Days for Life International. Praise God as the campaign is growing and expanding and we continue to get many enquiries from places that have never had a witness before.In Modena, volunteers had a first experience of a ...

Feminist groups attack a prayer vigil in Bogotá, Colombia

06-NOVEMBER-24

This a report by Luis Fernanda Barriga, from 40 Days for Life Colombia It´s September 28, 2024, is six in the morning, I just arrived to Teusaquillo neighborhood, where the headquarters of the Foundation Coalición Por la Vida are located. This prolife foundation is dedicated to provide comprehensive support to women ...

Netherlands Mission Trip: Witness to life blooming through seeds of hope

28-OCTOBER-24

40 Days for Life started in the Netherlands in 2023 and witness to life in the country is beginning to spread hope and inspiration to the country. It is hoped the current seeds sown will blossom into a solid nationwide campaign.International experience shows that liberal countries and states can be ...

Europe’s largest pro-life event sees enormous crowd witness for life

28-SEPTEMBER-24

40,000 pro-lifers gathered in Košice, Slovakia on Sunday 22 September 2024 to witness at the National March for Life with the theme “Love is pro-life.” "If we love someone, we want them to be protected”, said event organiser Patrik Daniška. Košice is close to the Ukrainian border. The Slovakian March for ...

Dr Haywood Robinson concludes epic London Mission Trip

10-SEPTEMBER-24

Dr Haywood Robinson, Director of Medical Affairs and Education for 40 Days for Life concluded an epic mission trip on 7th September 2024 to the United Kingdom with a keynote speech outside the Houses of Parliament in front of nearly 10,000 people. As a retired family physician who practiced medicine for ...

Croatia, a country passionate for life

30-AUGUST-24

Croatia is a country where the pro-life movement is alive: on fire and passionate for life with the power and inspiration for the Holy Spirit. The country is alive with initiative and discoveries, as seen through a large number of Croatian inventions such as the parachute, necktie, mechanical pencil and torpedo. ...

Outstanding USA Post-Roe Symposium inspires and empowers leaders with greatness

17-JULY-24

380 pro-life leaders met in Nashville, Tennessee from July 12-14 for a post-Roe symposium to enable and equip leaders to lead their best local 40 Days for Life campaign ever. Sister Mary Madeline Todd O.P., a Dominican Sister of the Congregation of Saint Cecilia with three decades experience of teaching and ...

Our response remains peaceful prayer

05-JULY-24

While today, on July 5, 2024, the German Bundestag debated the introduction of 100-meter buffer zones around abortion clinics and counseling centers of the international abortion organization International Planned Parenthood Federation (pro familia), peaceful pro-life advocates from 40 Days for Life prayed the Rosary in front of the pro familia ...

Youth conference inspires next generation for second year running in Warsaw

25-JUNE-24

Let’s Celebrate Life Conference Warsaw, PolandSunday 23 June 2024For the second year running, a pro-life conference has been organized in Warsaw at the Collegium Bobolanum Catholic Jesuit Academy by young people. The aim of the event was to galvanize young people to be ambassadors equipped for pro-life mission. The event was ...

Successful Mission trip to Uganda, the pearl of Africa

18-JUNE-24

Robert Colquhoun, Dr Haywood Robinson and Daphne Robinson travelled to Uganda from 12-16 June 2024. Dr Haywood Robinson is Director of Medical Affairs and Education for 40 Days for Life. Daphne Robinson is the founding executive of Atlanta Morning Center, a pro-life medical centre. During the visit we were hosted ...

40 Days for Life at Hearing in the German Bundestag

17-MAY-24

The problem is not the peaceful pro-life advocates but the political elite, which allows itself to be manipulated by the abortion lobby and, for ideological reasons, refuses to accept the current legal situation and the court rulings on this matter. Instead, peaceful and Christian-motivated pro-life advocates should be placed under ...

Rally outside British Houses of Parliament sees hundreds of Pro-lifers oppose abortion up to birth

16-MAY-24

Hundreds of pro life activists gathered outside British Houses of Parliament with the theme: no to abortion up to birth to stand against the proposals to decriminalise abortion in upcoming legislation. Speakers from all main pro life organisations shared their testimony and witness to oppose this change in the law. Members ...

40 Days for Life among the experts at a hearing in the German Bundestag

09-MAY-24

Next Monday, May 13, 2024, Tomislav Čunović, Managing Director of 40 Days for Life International, will be one of eleven experts at a public hearing of the Committee for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth of the German Bundestag to comment on a draft law of the Federal Government ...

6th International Pro-Life Conference, Zagreb, Croatia

29-APRIL-24

From April 12 to 14, 2024, in Zagreb, Croatia was held the 6th International Pro-Life Conference „Now choose life“, which according to the organizers themselves, the association „Croatia for Life“, and the reactions of the participants, was one of the best and of the highest quality conferences in general.This Conference ...

The European Parliament advances the culture of death and calls for the consideration of the option to kill the unborn as a fundamental European right.

15-APRIL-24

With 336 votes in favor and 136 against, the European Parliament urged last Thursday, April 11, 2024, for European institutions to include this so-called "right" to abortion in the fundamental rights. This increases its declared disregard for the most vulnerable Europeans, those who have no voice or vote, are not ...

Successful Mission Trip to Uganda

08-APRIL-24

Rachel Guy, local leader from Georgia, USA, visited Uganda for a mission trip during the Lent 2024 campaign. The mission trip was an ideal opportunity to raise the profile of 40 Days for Life in Uganda.“It was an absolutely incredible conference! God was present there!” said Rachel. Local organizer Charles ...

A Spanish region establishes buffer zones for public prayer

28-MARCH-24

Following the trend of other European authorities, such as the United Kingdom parliament or some German cities, the Spanish region of Catalonia has attempted to restrict the freedoms of expression, worship, and assembly for participants of the 40 Days for Life campaign in Barcelona. Last February, the regional security official sent ...

Record campaign with results pouring in!

25-MARCH-24

40 Days for Life was held in 49 countries worldwide this year: that’s a record! There were 29 countries outside the Americas in nearly 100 locations out of 646 local cities internationally in total.We have just had our international leader’s conference in Rome 2 weeks before the campaign started, leaders ...

6th International Pro-Life Conference in Croatia

22-MARCH-24

This year the 40 Days for Life team in Croatia organizes the 6th International Pro-Life Conference, celebrating 10 years. In Zagreb, at hotel Zonar, we will gather domestic and international speakers with one mission: answer to the biggest problem today: abortion. If you want to be part of this Conference from the ...

Attacks to our vigils in Jamaica

18-MARCH-24

The vigil site in Kingston, Jamaica has heated up significantly. Just recently, a group of ladies turned up making a lot of noise and said they were going to take down the pro-life signs and tear them up. One of the ladies was there to have an abortion and was vocal ...

Epic presence in Glasgow

18-MARCH-24

The Glasgow campaign is shining light, truth and hope with glowing embers! Wall to wall media coverage, a national government trying to ban the vigil and vitriolic campaigners inciting hatred towards volunteers, the campaign has been eventful and very fruitful, including a baby saved from abortion during this campaign.Recently large ...

Attack on a peaceful 40 Days for Life prayer gathering in Frankfurt am Main

04-MARCH-24

PRESS RELEASE On Friday, March 1, 2024, a peaceful and lawfully conducted prayer gathering organized by "40 Days for Life" outside the pro familia (IPPF) center in Frankfurt am Main was severely disrupted by approximately 20 individuals from the far-left milieu during the recitation of the Rosary, and the participants were ...

2 weeks in and ON FIRE Internationally!

01-MARCH-24

2 weeks in and the 40 Days for Life campaign is ON FIRE Internationally! We have 2 new countries join us: France and Jamaica for the very first time. We conducted a workshop in Paris and now a small witness has started. In Jamaica, where abortion is illegal, the ‘medical’ ...

Abortion facility closed in Little Rock, Arkansas

22-FEBRUARY-24

After more than 20 impactful 40 Days for Life campaigns, the doors of Little Rock Family Planning Services in Arkansas are now closed for good. A testament to the dedication of prayerful efforts, the closure marks a significant milestone for pro-life advocates. As the property goes up for sale, it ...

Stockport NUPAS Centre Closing

22-FEBRUARY-24

By Robert Colquhoun. International Campaigns Director "Everyone, WONDERFUL news! Our prayers have been answered, the abortion clinic is CLOSED, CLOSED, CLOSED!!!!’ Father Dave had just started praying the Joyful mysteries and this chap came up to us with a smile on his face. He said, “Do you know, it is closed.” ...

Paris, at last, first 40 Days for Life Campaign

21-FEBRUARY-24

By Adrian Uracs, Paris, France The long-awaited, first ever French 40 Days for Life has finally started during this Lent campaign ! On Ash Wednesday, the first brave volunteers started praying in front of the Hôpital Cochin, in Paris’ 14th district. The place of the vigil, that is 92-94 boulevard du ...