40 Days for Life is a pro-life campaign of prayer and fasting to end abortion. Held twice yearly during spring and fall, it features peaceful vigils outside abortion facilities. Co-founded in 2004 by Shawn Carney (current president) and David Bereit (former director) in Bryan, Texas — the site where Abby Johnson resigned as a Planned Parenthood director in 2009, later portrayed in the film “Unplanned.” Abby was influenced by 40 Days for Life participants as well as by witnessing an ultrasound-guided abortion. Today, 40 Days for Life runs campaigns across the U.S. and in 61 countries. It’s estimated these efforts have saved almost 26,000 unborn lives (tinyurl.com/mrybe36x). Below are three local heroes and heroines of 40 Days for Life of Fort Collins, which is currently in its fall campaign

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