In 1973 the Roe v. Wade decision made the U.S. one of the most dangerous places in the world for the unborn. This decision catalyzed prayer for the nation and was a major impetus for the birth of Intercessors for America. From the beginning, IFA acknowledged that abortion violates God’s law and started praying for the reversal of Roe.

As I have prayed for the end of abortion on demand in America and led a national network in praying against this great evil, I always had a sense that we were praying for someone. I felt that someone would have to set things in motion somehow to spark an end to Roe v. Wade. So, as millions upon millions of us prayed for decades, we were all praying for someone to do something. And these were not once-in-a-while prayers; they were daily prayers.

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While we were praying for someone through the ups and downs of life, God was answering, orchestrating events, protecting, nudging. This is just the kind of unlikely story that God specializes in.

Becky Currie was a high school sophomore in Mississippi in 1973, participating in her first political race (after being encouraged by a female lawyer): a run for student government. 

Some years later, Becky was working her way through nursing school when she was faced with an unplanned pregnancy. Although some were urging her to abort the baby, God captured her heart to protect the life of her unborn daughter. Imagine how all the prayers to save many lives in the aftermath of Roe also saved this one life.

Once she finished nursing school, Becky began working in labor and delivery (which she continues to do today). She still cries tears of joy and appreciation every time a baby is born, a reflection of the heart of God for each life.

As millions prayed for her, she went through many trials in her life, but she always felt God speak to her, even during her days growing up in the Baptist church. Regardless of what she went through, she always felt close to God.

In 2007, she began considering a run for state office. She prayed: “Lord, show me if I should run. If this is of You, let me know.” Then, she went knocking on every door across three counties. 

She believed that if her election wasn’t anointed, it would not happen. As president of IFA, I know how important it is to pray for elected officials. Since the beginning of this organization, we have prayed for godly people to win elections and to serve well. How many times has our view of this been shortsighted? I wonder how often our prayers have been answered but we don’t know it, because this may involve people like Becky, whose impact isn’t recognized for years?

Becky did win election in 2007, and she continues to serve in the Mississippi legislature. Throughout her tenure, she has sponsored a number of bills to protect life. She has always counted on God’s voice to direct her. 

In 2016 she wrote and sponsored the Gestational Age Act (GAA). The origins of this particular bill were in a personal experience Becky had as a labor and delivery nurse: She had helped deliver a 15-week-old baby who fought desperately to live. That brave little baby inspired Becky to propose a law that would outlaw abortions after 15 weeks.

Although Becky had been involved with dozens of pro-life bills, she knew that this particular bill was going to go to the Supreme Court as a challenge to Roe, and so it did. Some may wonder how she knew this. But for a woman who had been tuned to the voice of the Lord since her childhood, it was really not surprising. She had a deep sense that this bill was special, and she was proved right.

The law was challenged by pro-abortion providers in the state, as all pro-life laws are. And it went all the way to the Supreme Court. In the years and months before the oral arguments, the Supreme Court had changed dramatically. Those progressive justices who were determined to keep abortion on demand and to maintain the constitutionally weak Roe decision declined in number, and three new justices came in, all of whom were constitutional originalists and saw clearly the problems with Roe.

On the night before the hearing, I had the great pleasure of meeting Becky, who was honored by IFA at a prayer event. I was so nervous about meeting her. I could feel God’s presence upon her, and it was almost like I could feel the millions of prayers offered up for her. I don’t know anyone who has been the object of more prayers than Becky.

The rest is history. The hearing went well — though a draft decision was leaked to the press by someone in the court. But finally, on June 24, 2022, the legally and morally bankrupt Roe v. Wade decision was overturned by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson.

It has long been said that the Dobbs v. Jackson decision overturned Roe v. Wade. But that’s not the whole story; God also raised up Becky Currie to overturn Roe and He raised up hundreds of thousands of intercessors to pray for her. I believe she is the most prayed for person in the last 50 years of this nation.

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Dave Kubal has been president and CEO of IFA since 2008, and he is the author of four books: Inspired Stories; Inspired Prayers; Inspired People; and Fasting. As a nationally recognized faith leader, Dave serves on the National Faith Advisory Board and the National Day of Prayer Task Force. From the start of his leadership, Dave has emphasized the value of the intercessor as a person, as well as the need to connect each intercessor to the unfolding news, which is in fact history in the making. IFA has grown exponentially under his leadership. Photo credit: IFA. Dave Kubal, Rep. Becky Currie, and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith at an IFA prayer gathering the night before the Supreme Court heard the Dobbs case.