CHARLOTTE — The international 40 Days for Life campaign leadership passed through Charlotte, finishing a 50-state tour Nov. 5. The event drew close to 100 people, Catholic and Protestant, and featured David Bereit, the CEO of the 40 Days for Life campaign, as well Steve Karlen, the 40 Days for Life North America campaign director.
Local pro-life leaders also spoke including Andrea Hines, leader of Silent No More and a St. Ann parishioner who shared the trauma she experienced from an abortion and encouraged post-abortive women to seek help and healing.
The event also drew a handful of protestors which the 40 Days for Life team later noted was one of the more angrier (albeit small) group of protestors.
After the event, several people stayed behind to pray the rosary for an end to abortion. The 40 Days for Life campaign tour also visited Winston-Salem and Raleigh before ending in Virginia Nov. 6, the final day of the campaign.
— Mike FitzGerald and Gretchen Filz, correspondents