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Exciting things are happening in Texas! Yesterday evening, 40 Days for Life sent out a press release with what David Bereit calls “the biggest news we’ve EVER shared.”

From the release:

Bryan/College Station, Texas — The most significant abortion center closure — in the 40 years of legalized abortion since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision– was made public today when Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc. announced that it was shutting down its abortion facility in Bryan/College Station, Texas after fifteen tumultuous years in business.

This is Abby Johnson‘s former work place!

In 2003, on the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, ABC’s Nightline spotlighted pro-life efforts in Bryan/College Station and said the community was “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 501cities around the globe; saving 7,536 babies from abortion, closing 37 abortion centers, and helping 83 workers to quit 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 60 other workers to leave the abortion industry over the last year. 

This is amazing news for Texas unborn babies and women, as well as pro-lifers everywhere — and what a testament to the 40 Days for Life movement and the power of perserverance and prayer.

David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life, said: “This is epic news fifteen years in the making! Thousands of dedicated community members have faithfully prayed and held peaceful vigils outside this abortion center, offered hope and alternatives to turn away prospective Planned Parenthood customers, and educated the community about the harm of Planned Parenthood. These efforts, combined with the decisive action of the Texas legislature, have finally brought about this closure that is an answer to prayer.”

Abby Johnson said: “This is what grace truly looks like. Knowing that the former abortion clinic I once ran is now closing is the biggest personal victory of my life. From running that facility, to then advocating for its closure, and now celebrating that dream … it shows that my life has indeed come full circle. I am honored to have worked with so many who helped with my conversion and the closure of this facility. We will continue to fight until every abortion clinic in this country has shut its doors.”

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