BABIES SAVED (that we know of)
TURN-AWAYS
ABORTION WORKERS WHO HAD A CONVERSION & QUIT
BABIES SAVED (that we know of)
TURN-AWAYS
ABORTION WORKERS WHO HAD A CONVERSION & QUIT
About
The Central Texas Coalition for Life is a grassroots community-based organization that draws attention to the injustice of abortion through prayer and fasting, community outreach & education, and peaceful prayer vigils on the public right-of-ways in front of abortion facilities in Austin, Texas.
We network with numerous pregnancy centers, community healthcare clinics, medical professionals and other resources to help women and their families find real, life-affirming alternatives to abortion.
We connect women and men with abortions in their past to resources for hope and healing. We direct anyone working in the abortion industry to resources to help and encourage them to leave. The Central Texas Coalition for Life is the bridge from the abortion/abortion referral facilities to these community resources.
The heaviest presence on the sidewalk is during our 40 Days for Life campaigns which consist of hundreds of volunteers from across central Texas praying for 40 consecutive days in front of the local abortion facilities. These campaigns occur twice a year – once during the spring and once during the fall. As many as 600 local volunteers participate during the campaigns. Most volunteers sign up simply to pray for one hour a week in front of a local abortion facility. Some attend Sidewalk Advocate trainings to learn how to effectively reach out to women at the abortion facilities to offer them alternatives and educate them about fetal development, abortion, and all their options. Sidewalk Advocates are the voice for the voiceless. Our Sidewalk Advocate training is sought out by other pro-life groups across the country; occasionally we offer our training in other cities to help them get their own sidewalk ministry started.
Not only are we there for the women, men, and babies, but we offer help to abortion workers too. Many former abortion workers have left the industry and had conversions to the side of life. With their witness and willingness to help, we have more insight into the abortion industry.
We visit as many as 15 churches on any given weekend to promote, encourage, educate and recruit people of faith to join us. Over 100 churches are represented on the sidewalks. We seek to keep a close relationship with other pro-life organizations to work together and build a culture of life. With our unique perspective, we are also able to provide trainings to pregnancy center counselors/advocates to better equip them, to affirm their ministries, and to build relationships.
Since 2009 we have witnessed hundreds of women (that we know of) choose life for babies scheduled to be aborted (at least four women were pregnant with twins)! Pregnancy centers report a significant increase in clientele when our efforts are more concentrated on the sidewalks. We have given information to thousands of men and women about healthcare alternatives. At least twelve abortion workers have had conversions and quit their jobs. Hundreds of women have been connected to post-abortion healing ministries, including several of our own volunteers. We are seeing abortion end before our very eyes and we are excited for what God has in store!
Recent Blog Posts
When the heartbeat is present
Mica reported: A big truck pulled out of the Brake Check parking lot and a man rolled down his window. He said to me, "Haven't y'all already won?" to which I replied, "We haven't won until Planned Parenthood is closed forever." I explained to him that women are still...
He saved two of his own babies from being aborted
From Mica: I was praying outside Planned Parenthood when a man drove in and pulled over to the side. He asked me what we were doing there. I explained that we were there to pray for an end to abortion. He told me that he had twice saved a baby from being aborted. The...
A psychic came by to talk again
Our dedicated Sidewalk Advocate and Day Captain, Marty, reported: A car drove by and shouted something, but all we could hear was "education." About a half hour later, a lady parked nearby and approached us. As she walked toward us, I knew she looked familiar, but...
There’s no way
Nichola joined members of her church, First Baptist Florence, on the sidewalk to pray for an end to abortion and to reach out to mothers in need. Almost immediately upon arriving at the sidewalk a car stopped at the driveway to talk with her. It was a young woman...
She saw the guy on a bike
A woman came to a local pregnancy center looking for help – she was pregnant and in a difficult situation. When asked how she heard about the center, she said “there was this guy on a bike…” that was enough for Brittany, the director, to know exactly who she was...
The first week
Tragically we saw several very busy abortion days prior to and for two days after the Heartbeat Law passed. However, we saw two closed days in a row after that at a facility that is typically open on both those days! Christine and Debbie reported, “we had many...