At the Pro-Life Women’s Conference that was held in Indianapolis last month, Lauren Muzyka, president and chief executive officer of the pro-life organization Sidewalk Advocates for Life (SAFL), was voted Pro-Life Woman of the Year

At the Pro-Life Women’s Conference that was held in Indianapolis last month, Lauren Muzyka, president and chief executive officer of the pro-life organization Sidewalk Advocates for Life (SAFL), was voted Pro-Life Woman of the Year.

Together with all the sidewalk activists, Muzyka’s efforts rescue about “4,500 baby turnarounds per year… According to those figures, a woman actively chose life for her child, the expert told CNA.

Muzyka is in charge of the SAFL program, where she contributes to the organization’s peaceful goal and vision to provide women with alternatives to abortion outside of abortion facilities.

“We’re on a mission to change the sidewalk in front of every abortion facility in America and beyond into a place of actual help, hope, and END ABORTION,” the SAFL’s mission statement reads.

She claimed that her work as a pro-life leader is greatly influenced by her Catholic faith.

She questioned, “It helps you grasp what’s at risk in the abortion battle and in the pro-life campaign as a whole when you know that each and every human being that comes into existence is made in the image and likeness of God, right?”

Therefore, knowing that every single immortal person who crosses our paths at the abortion clinic has a story is beautiful and inspiring.

Muzyka also shared with CNA her most poignant moment while fighting for sidewalk rights.

She intervened with a woman who was going to attend an abortion clinic and sent her to a pregnancy center that supports life.

Despite listening, the woman entered the abortion clinic to consider her alternatives.

The woman made the right decision after sensing the gloom of the abortion clinic. Muzyka was finally able to hold the infant in her arms a few months later.

She had never met a baby whose mother she had personally supported in her work as a sidewalk advocate.

She recalls asking for the opportunity to do it and described her request being answered as a “really meaningful moment.”

Muzyka was honored as the Pro-Life Woman of the Year for her efforts. At the conference’s conclusion, pro-lifer and conference founder Abby Johnson gave Muzyka the honorary prize.

According to Johnson, “[Those ladies] made a different choice and chose life because of Lauren’s vision, because of her efforts, because of God’s vision, because of His hand in her life, because of the training she has put together, and because of the individuals who are out there on the sidewalk.”

In a statement to CNA, Muzyka expressed her gratitude for the “amazing honor” and accepted the prize on behalf of all the “saintly sidewalk advocates.”

The meeting kicked off on June 24, the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationally. Muzyka and numerous other pro-life women responded by rejoicing.

According to a press release from Muzyka, “It was a party like you’ve never seen before.” “I am amazed by what God has accomplished. These memories will always be cherished in my heart.

The Roe v. Wade decision was overturned, but Muzyka has continued to advocate for life on the sidewalk for more than 20 years.

She argued that there would still be women willing to go across state borders to seek abortion services and that “the core of this ministry is all about giving [women] options, resources, hope and help.”

The pro-life movement’s main concern now is “How can we best reach the women of our community before they’re persuaded to go across state borders and see abortion as a solution,” Muzyka said.

“Just because Roe is done, it doesn’t mean that unplanned pregnancy is over.”

“Anyone who has a heart to contact mothers in trouble,” Muzyka invited. Any supporter of life-affirming prenatal care, according to her, can make a “amazing difference.”