Shawn began as a volunteer in the pro-life movement while still in college. During this time, he helped lead the first ever local 40 Days for Life campaign. After graduating from college, Shawn was asked to serve as the executive director of the Coalition for Life, a local pro-life organization in Texas, made up of more than 60 churches. From its beginning, Shawn has been instrumental in growing 40 Days for Life nationally and then internationally.
Shawn is a regular media spokesperson, and his work has been featured on hundreds of outlets, including Fox News, The Laura Ingraham Show, The Drudge Report, The Guardian, USA Today, and Christian media including The Christian Post, National Catholic Register, Sirius XM Catholic Radio, EWTN Radio, and Focus on the Family.
Shawn is one of the most sought-after pro-life speakers, addressing audiences coast-to-coast and internationally. Shawn and his wife Marilisa were portrayed in the 2019 major motion picture Unplanned, which tells the story of Abby Johnson's conversion as a Planned Parenthood director. Shawn is the author of four national bestselling books including The Beginning of the End of Abortion, To the Heart of the Matter, and his most recent #2 Amazon bestseller, What to Say When: The Complete New Guide to Discussing Abortion.
"Shawn was excellent! He had a very powerful message, tied everything into the organization updates which we had previously presented, and made a very strong appeal for donations. We ended up having by far our most successful event to-date thanks to him!"
"He (Shawn Carney) exceeded all of our expectations. He was kind and personable and just hit the nail on the head with everything he said. As promised I wanted to get him our preliminary fund raising numbers. We broke all records last night for our Center...This shatters any past Gala and fund raising records we have ever had. We are very grateful for what God did last night for our ministry and how he used the words from Shawn to help in these efforts. We will be spreading the word to our fellow Pregnancy Centers around the country about Shawn."
“Shawn was a joy! You need to keep that boy on! Everyone responded so positively to him his humor, his knowledge and his passion. One of our guests who has been coming for a long time even said he was our best speaker ever!”
"Shawn was wonderful to work with! I benefited from consulting with him both prior to and during his stay. We appreciated him giving interviews on the radio station a couple of weeks prior to our banquet. He met with us and toured our center upon his arrival. Great listener! Mingled with our guests! Our center is re-branding and I was amazed and delighted at the creative ways he managed to work our new name and goal into his presentation. His public affirmation was very powerful in helping our supporters accept our new name! "
“Shawn is delightful to work with, willing to spend the extra time to get to know the center, and provides excellent guidance and advice for free. Shawn went far beyond the proverbial extra mile to find out about our center, mold our vision into his address, and to provide unpaid consulting to us even before the event. His heart is clearly in this work, and we’re grateful to God for him! This was one of the most successful banquets in our center’s history.”