Why

Why

A Brief Life Chain History

The first Life Chain, born through prayer, was built in 1987 by Please Let Me Live, a small pro-life ministry based in Yuba City, California. Half the churches of Yuba and Sutter Counties occupied assigned sections of a three-mile route through sister cities Yuba City-Marysville with 2500 Christians holding Abortion Kills Children signs on both sides of the street. "It was good to stand for righteousness," was a typical response from the participants. "I felt God's presence." remarked others.

The Life Chain elevated Life ministry to high respectability in Yuba-Sutter by helping to unite churches and to inform the local press, law enforcement, public officials, and the area citizenry about the unconscionable killing of unborn boys and girls. Today, after additional Life Chains, timely picketing, and the comprehensive distribution of pro-life literature, surgical abortions are no longer performed in Yuba-Sutter.