40 Days for Life aims to end the violence of abortion and the abortion industry through peaceful prayer vigils. Through this initiative, over 148 abortion centers have been shut down, 256 workers have been able to leave the industry, and nearly 25,000 children’s lives have been saved.

Today, Freddie Eugene Owens was executed by lethal injection at the Broad River Correctional Institute in Columbia. He died at 6:55 p.m.

In a 3-2 decision today, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the Education Scholarship Trust Fund (ESTF) program unconstitutional.