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The San Antonio Coalition for Life was created after the National 40 Days for Life Campaign in 2007.
Faithful San Antonians dedicated 960 hours praying for 40 days straight in front of one of the local Planned Parenthood abortion facilities. The power of prayer, the positive impact on lives and most importantly the young lives that were saved made such a powerful impact that the San Antonio Coalition for Life was formed.
Every week, those faithful San Antonians are accompanied by a growing group who fight against the injustice of abortion in San Antonio. Through peaceful prayer, God continues to touch the lives of those who suffer.
Mission Statement
Under God’s guidance we strive, with the help and support of the Greater San Antonio Christian community, to end abortion in San Antonio while connecting those who are post abortive to healing and reconciliation services and offering loving, truthful alternatives to abortion and are a resource for those who choose life. We stand peacefully and prayerfully in front of abortion clinics to provide sidewalk counselors to those in crisis pregnancies and witness the injustice of abortion to the public.
Executive Director - Matt Schima - info@sacfl.org - (210)73-SACFL
Matt has been a prayer warrior with the San Antonio Coalition for Life since its inception in 2007. He is a graduate of St. Mary’s University with a degree in Entrepreneurial Studies. There he was the prolife officer of the Catholic Student Group. He has organized numerous events including the Silent Day of Solidarity, a St. Mary’s chapter of 40 Days for Life, Cemetery of the Innocents. He has also been to the March for Life in Washington, D.C. twice, as well as, participated in many prolife leadership conferences. His efforts and the help of his fellow students allowed him to receive the St. Mary’s University Presidential Award which is the highest award of the university. In January of 2012 he organized the Roe v Wade Memorial Day for Life with over 800 in attendance.
He has been a sidewalk counselor and vigil coordinator for the 40 Days for Life campaign with SACFL and has been a board member since 2010. Matt’s hobbies include basketball, tubing in the Comal River and photography.
President - Amy Voorhees - info@sacfl.org
Mrs. Amy Voorhees is wife of 13 years to her amazing husband George and a stay at home mother of five rambunctious boys ranging in ages 13 to 1 years old. She has been active in the prolife movement for over ten years now starting out as a prayer warrior for the Brazos Valley Coalition for Life in Bryan, Texas. She and her husband were privileged to be involved in the very first 40 Days for Life Campaign in Bryan and got to see firsthand the fruits of its efforts.
Since moving to San Antonio in 2007 she has helped to organized eight 40 Days for Life campaigns. In November of 2007 she founded the San Antonio Coalition for Life whose purpose is to provide a constant peaceful and prayerful abortion day presence at the Planned Parenthood on Babcock Road. Since that time over 100 children and families have been saved from abortion- that we know of! In her spare time Amy enjoys music and continues her work toward singing classical and opera music professionally.