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A prayer campaign launched by a California Planned Parenthood affiliate has angered pro-life groups who claim the counter-campaign mocks their own "40 Days for Life" effort.

Officials at Six Rivers Planned Parenthood (SRPP) in Eureka, Calif., launched "40 Days of Prayer" last month and has offered up daily prayers for pregnant women and clinicians who perform abortions...

The campaign, according to Liberty Counsel, an Orlando-based pro-life litigation group, is another "desperate attempt" to regain positive public attention and funding by mimicking a pro-life campaign.

"Planned Parenthood's prayer crusade is an attempt to mock and marginalize the highly effective '40 Days for Life,' which has unified half a million voices for the cause and saved at least 5,838 lives," the organization said in a statement. "As a direct result of this prayer event, 22 abortion clinics have closed and 69 doctors have stopped performing abortion."

SRPP officials referred inquiries to Faith Aloud, a St. Louis-based religious organization that composed the prayers. Rev. Rebecca Turner, Faith Aloud's executive director, told FoxNews.com that the prayers were written four years ago, but this is believed to be the first time they've been used by a Planned Parenthood affiliate. She denied allegations that they are meant to mock the "40 Days for Life" campaign.

"In no way is it a mockery of anything because we take prayer very seriously," Turner said Friday. "And I take women's concerns very seriously. These prayers, all of them, are very specific to women and not all of them are about abortion. In fact, very few of them are."

Turner continued: "Everyone, in any situation, can turn to God and pray. A pregnancy is not an exception to that."

Liberty Counsel founder Matthew Staver was blunt in his assessment of a campaign featuring prayers for those involved in abortions.

"Planned Parenthood's 'prayer' campaign is offensive," Staver said.

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* "Day 1: Today we pray for women for whom pregnancy is not good news, that they know they have choices."

* "Day 22: Today we pray for an end to all violence against abortion providers."

* "Day 33: Today we offer a prayer of remembrance for abortion providers who lost their lives because of their commitment to women."

* "Day 34: Today we give thanks for abortion escorts who guide women safely through hostile gauntlets of protestors."

* "Day 36: Today we pray for the families we’ve chosen, May they know the blessing of choice."

* "Day 37: Today we pray for women to claim their equality and demand their rights as citizens."

* "Day 38: Today we pray for a cloud of gentleness to surround every abortion facility. May everyone feel calm and loving."

* "Day 40: Today we give thanks and celebrate that abortion is still safe and legal."

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Of course it is a mockery and shameful.

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

It may shine a light on hypocrisy but it is still shameful. ...maybe they should have included...Oh Lord...guide my hand so my hook can safely rip the life from this body... All stupid crap that does no one any good. Tell me whose hypocrisy is it shinning light on? I would say all fanatics involved.

Do you really think it will change minds? No it will just deepen the divide in this country.

Butch

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But they DIDN'T include that..that's you making shit up

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ORIGINAL: kdsub
Did you read all 40?...I did and they are just as stupid and disrespectful to God... if you are a believer... If you are not then…. it exposes hypocrisy of both sides.

Are there not better ways to get your point across and maybe change hearts and minds.

Butch

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if you are anti-choice

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

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if you are anti-choice

But I am not....Below is just one example of disrespect of God.

Today we give thanks for the doctors who
provide quality abortion care

Now tell me again this would not be considered disrespectful to God if you were a devout Christian...bull

Butch

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This is only disrespectful to God if you think you speak for Him