Denver Newsroom, Sep 16, 2022 / 14:08 pm
40 Days for Life in Spain will hold a new prayer campaign from Sept. 28 to Nov. 6, and the pro-life outreach said on Twitter that participants are going into the campaign with the cry “the more they persecute us, the more we will embrace the Cross!”
Volunteers face for the first time the threat of jail time for praying in the vicinity of abortion centers and trying to help mothers choose life for their baby.
The first national conference of 40 Days for Life in Spain was held Sept. 10–11, several days prior to the launch of the fall campaign, with the theme “Persecution and Perseverance in the Mission.” The event was well attended.
The theme responds to the change in Spain’s Penal Code that went into effect last April, which provides a “prison sentence of three months to one year or community service for 31 to 80 days” for whomever according to the law undermines the freedom of mothers who go to an abortion center.