Posted on 12/22/2022 2:46:59 PM PST by simpson96
A pro-life volunteer has been arrested and charged after silently praying outside an abortion facility in Birmingham, U.K.
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the director of March for Life UK, was arrested on Dec.6 and charged on Dec. 15 with four counts of breaking a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO).
A PSPO is intended to stop antisocial behavior. Police were responding to a complaint from a member of the public who believed that Vaughan-Spruce was praying silently.
As part of her bail conditions, restrictions have been placed on her participating in public prayer. Another requirement of her bail, later dropped, banned her from contacting a local priest involved in pro-life work.
Vaughan-Spruce was carrying no placards or signs. After her arrest, she was shown pictures of herself quietly standing in the vicinity of the abortion clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham.
She had been spotted near the clinic three times, and when asked about these occasions, she explained that she might have been praying, but she may also have been thinking about other things. Her thoughts, she explained, were all peaceful and not worthy of being criminalized.
Speaking about her work, Vaughan-Spruce said: “I have devoted much of my life to supporting women in crisis pregnancies with everything that they need to make an empowered choice for motherhood.”
“My faith is a central part of who I am, so sometimes I’ll stand or walk near an abortion facility and pray about this issue. This is something I’ve done pretty much every week for around the last 20 years of my life.”(snip)
Clause 9 of the bill currently under debate in the U.K. Parliament would prevent people from “influencing,” “advising,” “persuading,” “informing,” “occupying space,” or even “expressing opinion” near an abortion clinic.
A two-year prison sentence could be incurred for failure to adhere to the proposed rules.
This is just outright Immoral.
Actually evil. She literally isn’t hurting or bothering anyone.
Would they do this to a muslim?
My guess is NO.
Why haven’t 87 congregations from nearby churches taken to the streets infront of the court and by these clinics?
Fight back, people!
Hatred of God and anyone who worships Him is grpwing every day. satan is having his brief time, but it will end.
Not even displaying anything, such as a Bible, cross, or rosary. Just standing there.
Clause 9 of the bill currently under debate in the U.K. Parliament would prevent people from “influencing,” “advising,” “persuading,” “informing,” “occupying space,” or even “expressing opinion” near an abortion clinic.
A two-year prison sentence could be incurred for failure to adhere to the proposed rules.
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“Occupying space” is now a crime.
Ah, I see why.
They are subjects, not citizens.
“growing” !!
How terrifying must prayer be to demons, that the silent communication between a woman and God must be stopped by any means.
God bless her
WOW.
Is she finally in jail? I feel safe now. I’ve been hiding in my basement with a cricket bat terrified of the danger she poses.
How do you access an abortion clinic without “occupying space” near it?
"No, honest officer, I was just nodding off for a moment! Don't arrest me!"
Our greatest threats are not in Pyongyang or Beijing or Moscow or Tehran. They are in Washington and London and Brussels, and the institutional oligarchies backing them. And they need to be dealt with.
England is lost to the muzzies. God help them because no one else can.
I’m glad I’m 90.
You better watch it. She’ll get a tablet and internet access in prison. She’ll hunt you down and say a prayer in your name.
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