Wow. Last week was one for the records as far as pro-life activity goes.

Wednesday, March 23: Ryan Bomberger of The Radiance Foundation spoke in Madison. Read a blog post here about his talk. Ryan also spoke at Catholic Memorial High School and Lumen Christi Catholic Church on Tuesday, March 22.

Thursday, March 24: Sidewalk counselors had a save in Milwaukee at Affiliated Medical Services, where 40 Days for Life is observed. This marks the eleventh baby saved in Milwaukee since 40 DFL began on Ash Wednesday – and we’re not even half way through! Thanks, Lord. Also on Thursday, a woman and her two-year-old stopped by 40 DFL in Milwaukee. She wanted to show sidewalk counselors her little boy, alive today due to pro-lifers’ sidewalk counseling efforts. No one knew about this save until that very moment; like so much of the work that we do, the fruits are sometimes seen much (even years!) later.

Friday, March 25: Planned Parenthood’s pink bus (nicknamed the “Pepto Bus” by pro-lifers) rolls into Madison and Milwaukee. Planned Parenthood has been attempting to make over their public image by taking this bus to various PP facilities around the country. In an interesting twist, the PP bus drove past our “Choice Kills” billboard in the Planned Parenthood parking lot. The PP bus even stopped to observe and read the billboard. Wheels were turning, to be sure. See photo, left/below. In Milwaukee, a group of pro-life teens from Appleton joined us, and the Pepto Bus, at the Planned Parenthood that was the site of a Live Action undercover sting in 2009. Rep. Gwen Moore spoke on Planned Parenthood’s behalf.

Saturday, March 26: A Walk for Choice in Milwaukee failed… in epic proportions. The Walk was supposed to occur from 2-4pm, beginning at Gordon Commons, proceed past Affiliated Medical Services and end up on the UW-Milwaukee campus. In response to the Walk for Choice call to wear orange, pro-lifers dug out their best orange clothing and waited… and waited… and waited for the Walk to go past.

What did we find? Two lonely pro-aborts (photo, above) sitting on a bench in the park, with their signs… and no orange. Guess it’s difficult to get excited about abortion when you’re not being paid to attend an event (as most of the attendees at Planned Parenthood’s Pepto Bus rallies were paid staff members). Sidewalk counselors had a save in Milwaukee on Saturday as well.

Friday, March 25 through Sunday, March 27: Pro-lifers in La Crosse hold a 40-hour prayer vigil.

Thank you to everyone who prayed or protested with us this week (in the picture, left, you can see most of the 2 dozen pro-lifers who wore orange in honor of the Walk for Choice on Saturday in Milwaukee). Thank you to everyone who couldn’t be there but kept us in your prayers. Thank you to everyone who attended Ryan Bomberger’s excellent presentation.

Tags: 40 Days for Life, Pepto Bus, Planned Parenthood, Walk for Choice

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