Funviralpark Conservatives and free speech activists took to Twitter to lash out at a recent video that showed police interrogating and eventually arresting a pro-life woman praying quietly outside a UK abortion clinic. .
People who saw the woman’s arrest were appalled after she admitted she was “praying in her head”.
The arrested woman, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, is the director of March for Life in the UK.
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A British woman has been arrested for praying in silence outside an abortion clinic in Birmingham, England.
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According to Alliance Defending Freedom UK (ADF UK), Vaughan-Spruce was “standing near the BPAS Robert Clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham, in what ADF UK called the ‘censored zone’. Praying outside the abortion facility. ”
According to ADF UK, Birmingham authorities have set up buffer zones near abortion clinics to make it illegal for people to engage in behavior that denies or approves abortion. This includes “graphic, oral or written means, prayer or counseling.”
The clip shows a woman standing quietly on the curb opposite an abortion clinic as British law enforcement officers approach her. and answer. She denies that she is participating in the protests.
A policeman asks, “Are you praying?” “I may be praying in my head,” she replied. The officer then asks her if she is willing to go to the station to question her behavior. He has been arrested,” he said, claiming he was indicted on “suspected failure to comply with a public space protection order.”
An Anglican priest, Reverend Calvin Robinson, condemned what he saw in the footage, saying, “This is horrible. What happened to us?! Even under a Conservative government.”
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Sohrab Ahmari, Catholic author and founder of Compact Magazine, tweeted, “OY YOU GO’ A LICENSE TO PRAY IN YOUR ‘EAD MA’AM?”
Emily Lalique, a pro-life advocate, wrote, “This is sheer insanity. You can’t get arrested for praying.”
Virginia Republican Rep. Nick Freitas took the opportunity to remind users of George Orwell’s dystopia by tweeting, “1984 was a warning, not a guide.”
“If abortion advocates don’t believe in God and think prayers are actually ridiculous, what are they so afraid of?” said Brandon Morse, Associate Editor of RedState. Did.
Conservative commentator Lauren Chen tweeted: “People are literally being arrested for thought crimes in the UK. Freedom of speech is not a Western value, it is a uniquely American one.”
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Nile Gardiner, former aide to the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, said: “This is appalling. It is a disgrace to see a woman arrested for just praying on the streets of England. This is a Conservative government. This should not happen under the law, and we must act,” he said. It was filmed by the Minister of Home Affairs so that such a scene would not be repeated. ”
National Review staff writer Nate Hochman tweeted, “I’m sorry, but imagine not having the First Amendment.”
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