Pro-life prayer warriors are conducting a prayer vigil after a 13-year absence at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama.
A federal injunction issued 13 years ago has blocked pro-life prayer and counseling efforts, but the California-based Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust is sponsoring a week-long event called "The Birmingham Letter Project" and is encouraging pro-lifers to join the three-day prayer vigil, irrespective of the injunction.
"We were convinced that the federal injunction was being falsely applied, and so about 15 Christians crossed the street, challenging the federal injunction and re-establishing presence of the church of Jesus Christ out on the sidewalk in front of the clinic," reports Jeff White, co-founder of Survivors.
But as the event kicked off on Wednesday, workers at the abortion clinic quickly grew defensive and "were trying to intimidate [by] saying on their phones that we're violating court injunctions and that we'll be going to jail." White says it is "an interesting scene to see the soft-spoken Christians praying and to see the clinic workers yelling, 'Bullies, bullies, bullies!'"
He finds the anger expressed by clinic workers is stunning, but he is hopeful the demonstrations will revive local interest in resuming sidewalk counseling and prayer.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: October 21, 2010
