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Hundreds of Abortion Opponents to Gather at 9/7 Rally Celebrating Historic Abortion Center Closure

Contact: David Bereit, 40 Days for Life, 202-280-8993

BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 6, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Hundreds of people from as far away as Australia are gathering in Aggieland on Saturday to celebrate the closure of the controversial Planned Parenthood abortion center in Bryan, Texas.

"More than 6,400 innocent Brazos Valley children were killed at this facility," said David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life. "Tomorrow's rally, which we're calling 'Breakthrough,' marks what many people see as a tipping point in the national struggle to end abortion."

WHAT: Free public event celebrating the closure of the Bryan Planned Parenthood abortion facility

WHEN: Saturday, September 7 from 10 AM – 12 Noon (Central time)

WHERE: Public right-of-way outside the closed Planned Parenthood at 4112 East 29th Street in Bryan

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

  • Jason Bienski, mayor of the City of Bryan
     
  • Lauren Gulde, founder of the Coalition for Life
     
  • David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life
     
  • Marilisa Carney, past director of the Coalition for Life
     
  • Shawn Carney, campaign director of 40 Days for Life
     
  • Abby Johnson, former director of the Bryan Planned Parenthood abortion center
     
  • Bobby Reynoso, executive director of the Coalition for Life
     
  • Plus numerous local volunteers, members of the clergy, music and other surprise guests

"Many people across America are thanking God for this victory and viewing it as the most significant abortion center closure in the 40 years of legalized abortion since Roe v. Wade," Bereit said.

In 2003, on the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that decriminalized abortion, ABC's Nightline spotlighted Bryan/College Station as one of two communities "shaping the abortion debate" in America. Since that time, the local Planned Parenthood abortion facility gained worldwide notoriety as:

  • Site of the first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign in 2004, an effort that has since grown into a worldwide pro-life mobilization of 575,000 volunteers in 501 cities around the globe; those volunteers have witnessed 7,536 babies saved from abortion, 39 abortion centers closed, and 83 workers quitting their jobs in the abortion industry
     
  • Place where former abortion center director and Planned Parenthood employee of the year Abby Johnson experienced a conversion, quit her job, and became an outspoken pro-life advocate, going on to found And Then There Were None, a new ministry which has since helped 77 other workers to leave the abortion industry over the last year
     
  • Home of the Coalition for Life, the grassroots organization which Planned Parenthood credited for making the community "the most anti-choice place in the nation" in which the abortion giant experienced its "most consistent and active" opposition in the nation