Mon Mar 6, 2023 – 4:26 pm EST
BIRMINGHAM, England (LifeSiteNews) — U.K. pro-life activist Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who was just acquitted last month on charges related to praying outside an abortion facility, was arrested again this Monday for silently praying outside an abortion center.
In a video posted to Twitter by Alliance Defending Freedom UK (ADF UK) Monday, two male police officers can be seen asking Vaughan-Spruce to “step outside the exclusion zone” of an abortion facility in Birmingham, England.
🚨BREAKING: Isabel has been arrested, AGAIN, for THINKING.
MPs vote TOMORROW on banning silent prayer near all abortion facilities in🏴&🏴
“You’ve said you’re engaging in prayer, which is the offense.”
“Silent prayer.”
“You were still engaging in prayer, which is the offense.” pic.twitter.com/AId3OguiXz
— ADF UK (@ADF_UK) March 6, 2023
Vaughan-Spruce responds by calmly saying, “But I’m not protesting, I’m not engaging in any of the activities prohibited.”
To this, the one officers said, “But you’ve said you’re engaging in prayer, which is the offense.”
“Silent prayer,” clarified Vaughan-Spruce.
“No, but you’re still engaging in prayer. It is an offense,” restated the officer, who then asked Vaughan-Spruce if she would prefer to be “arrested” rather than “step
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