Last weekend more than 200 anti-abortion activists gathered for a “We Say No!” prayer vigil on the sidewalk in front of an undeveloped property adjacent to I-65 in downtown Birmingham that was recently purchased by Planned Parenthood Southeast, according to organizers.
The Charismatic Episcopal Church for Life (CEC For Life), along with many other local pro-life groups and leaders, organized the event as a city-wide prayer vigil in response to PPSE announcing plans to build a new abortion clinic for their Birmingham affiliate.
Early plans indicate that the facility will be visible to passing motorists on busy I-65.
Many pastors and community leaders offered public prayers, including State Representative Arnold Mooney, Evangelist Scott Dawson, Bishop Demetrics Roscoe of Living Church Ministries and Natalie Brumfield of Bound4Life.
“Planned Parenthood Birmingham holds itself out as a healthcare provider but deceives citizens and state officials, harms women, and kills our children,” said Rev, Terry Gensemer, International Director of CEC For Life, in a statement. “People talk about safe spaces. Planned Parenthood is the last abortion center in the city. If they closed for good, Birmingham would become one of the largest and safest metropolitan spaces in the country for mothers and children in the womb. How beautiful would that be?”
“When people drive into our city, they can see Vulcan, Regions Field, Railroad Park – all old and new symbols of our great city,” he said. “Imagine a huge Planned Parenthood sitting front and center to all of that. Do we want abortion to become the first thing people see about Birmingham? I certainly don’t.”
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