{"id":63109,"date":"2025-03-07T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=63109"},"modified":"2025-03-12T19:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:18:42","slug":"40-day-pro-life-protest-starts-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/40-day-pro-life-protest-starts-in-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"40 day pro-life protest starts in Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Campaigners protesting against abortion in an international pro-life protest have started their 40 day stand in Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.40daysforlife.com\/\">40 Days to Life <\/a>protest involves a vigil for Christian supporters standing in prayer for 24 hours for 6 weeks, outside institutions that provide or support abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The volunteers present, who didn&#8217;t want to be named, said: \u201cWe always say our goal is to make abortion 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