Above, Ben Seitz, campaign director for Helena 40 Days for Life, talks to people who gathered outside of Planned Parenthood in Helena on Tuesday, Oct. 13, to support 40 Days for Life, a 40-day campaign against abortion. Upward of 30 participants each placed small flags on city-owned land near Planned Parenthood. Each flag represented one of the 155 Helena abortions cited in 2009 figures compiled by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. The flag event was intended to “get people revitalized and reenergized” midway through the 40-day campaign, said Seitz. Father Stuart Long of Helena, pictured in the right corner of the top photograph, offered a prayer at the beginning of the event.

(Montana Catholic/Eric Connolly photos).


Published in The Montana Catholic Online, Volume 26, No. 10, October 15, 2010.