{"id":164797,"date":"2017-04-12T09:37:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T13:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=164797"},"modified":"2017-04-11T23:13:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T03:13:18","slug":"good-friday-prayer-vigils-held-abortion-facilities-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/good-friday-prayer-vigils-held-abortion-facilities-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Friday prayer vigils to be held at abortion facilities nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League will be holding its ninth annual\u00a0Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion this coming Friday, April 14, 2017, at multiple locations across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/prolifeaction.org\/event\/wotc\/\">Click here<\/a> to find your state&#8217;s locations.<\/p>\n<p>The event, writes <a href=\"https:\/\/stream.org\/230060-2\/\">The Stream<\/a>, is &#8220;an opportunity to pray for mothers and their babies, but also to become actively involved in the pro-life movement in a nonconfrontational way.&#8221; Meeting women who are considering abortion is one of the main aims of the prayer vigil, but making an impact on the surrounding community is also part of the mission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DefundAd-400b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eric Scheidler, executive director\u00a0of the Pro-Life Action League, told The Stream, &#8220;\u201cPeople will be reminded of abortion.\u00a0They\u2019ll realize there\u2019s something wrong in their community. We hope and pray these events will save children\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scheidler expects 5,000 to 10,000 people to participate\u00a0in the event this year, which grows annually. Last year, prayer vigils were held at 80 abortion facilities.<\/p>\n<p>If you do not see your local abortion facility&#8217;s location listed for a prayer\u00a0vigil <a href=\"https:\/\/prolifeaction.org\/event\/wotc\/\">here<\/a>, you may\u00a0download the Pro-Life Action League&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/prolifeaction.org\/action\/goodfriday\/\">guide<\/a> on how to hold a Way of the Cross event in your community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League will be holding its ninth annual\u00a0Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion this coming Friday, April 14, 2017, at multiple locations across the country. Click here to find your state&#8217;s locations. The event, writes The Stream, is &#8220;an opportunity to pray for mothers and their babies, but also to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":23785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[2793],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Good Friday prayer vigils to be held at abortion facilities nationwide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"5,000 to 10,000 people are expected to take part in the event this year, which grows annually. 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