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
Women’s Exams
A person drove into the driveway flipping off a volunteer holding a sign that says "We are here to love you both." Then the car turned around and the driver rolled her window down to ask why we are against women’s exams in an accusatory tone. The Sidewalk Advocate...
they want to be aborted
Sidewalk Advocates Marty, Mary Pat, and Kathleen were reaching out to people on the sidewalk this past Thursday when a woman from the neighborhood approached them wanting to know what they were doing. Once they confirmed there is an abortion facility she began to...
Rainy day fruitful conversation
From our North Site Coordinator, Katrina: Happy TGIF! A little rain won't keep us from praying at the sidewalk! Thank God we were here as had a very fruitful discussion with a self proclaimed "pro-choicer." As we were praying, “J” pulled up, parked & came up to us...
Help amid ironic/false shouts
Two Sidewalk Advocates had over a dozen people accept info at the Duval Rd location, some looking for pregnancy help, some for other healthcare, and some wanting info to give a friend/family member! A guy on a bike rode by and shouted “HER BODY HER CHOICE LADIES!”...
Lying to us to try to deter us
When Katie & Linda prayed at Duval Rd today, they noticed quite a few abortion staff cars (including the abortionist) as well as abortion clients driving to the back. Oddly, one of the midwives of the birthing center (located on the first floor below the abortion...
From PP to TruCare
From Stephen: I prayed on the sidewalk at Planned Parenthood on E. Ben White BLVD from 2:30 until around 4:00 p.m. today in honor of Mary Mother of God, asking for her to protect the unborn and their mothers who are harmed by abortion. I had a "turn away," Woo-hoo!...