{"id":63419,"date":"2015-05-07T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=63419"},"modified":"2015-05-07T14:08:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T18:08:24","slug":"girl-saved-from-abortion-tells-pro-lifers-your-prayers-saved-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/girl-saved-from-abortion-tells-pro-lifers-your-prayers-saved-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl saved from abortion tells pro-lifers: &#8216;Your prayers saved my life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Roughly 10,000 lives have been saved from abortion due to the prayerful efforts of David Bereit\u2019s 40 Days\u00a0for Life campaign. Leah, a 4-year-old girl, is one of these lives.<\/p>\n<p>As a pregnant 19-year-old, Leah\u2019s\u00a0mother was scared and seriously considering abortion. While heading to an abortion facility, she\u00a0drove by the local 40 Days for Life campaign. Moved to tears by the overwhelming power of prayer,\u00a0Leah\u2019s mother chose life.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Four years later at OneLifeLA rally, Bereit shared Leah\u2019s story, and then welcomed her and\u00a0her mother onto the stage to a crowd of 15,000 pro-lifers. Leah\u2019s shirt read: &#8220;Your prayers saved my\u00a0life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GwKyRLo2Xqk\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 40 Days for Life campaign, started in 2004 by Bereit, has saved at least 10,000 children\u00a0from abortion, and is a beautiful testament to the transformative power of prayer. Bereit has only met five\u00a0of these children, but each has affirmed that prayer is truly impacting and saving lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be able to see that child means so much,&#8221; Bereit said. &#8220;I got to meet that one life that was saved because of the prayers of faithful people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leah\u2019s life is a testimony of\u00a0hope\u00a0and\u00a0prayer. Her beautiful life shows us that prayers do matter.<\/p>\n<p>Bereit said: \u201cSeeing the positive fruit of people\u2019s prayers, of what God can do, and also continually\u00a0allowing our hearts to be broken \u2013 those two things keep me engaged with the individual and the\u00a0need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the pro-life movement is to not protect the preborn, but transform hearts and\u00a0minds. 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