Fri Feb 3, 2023 – 12:21 pm EST
BIRMINGHAM, England (Alliance Defending Freedom) — The charitable volunteer who was criminally charged for praying near a closed abortion facility will continue to await justice as she states her intention to pursue full dismissal of her charges in court.
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who was seen in a viral video being arrested and humiliatingly searched by three police officers after saying that she “might be” praying inside her head, was criminally charged with “protesting and engaging in an act that is intimidating to service users” in a censorship zone around the abortion facility on Station Road in Birmingham. This was despite Vaughan-Spruce stating clearly on video that she was not protesting, and despite the clinic being closed, meaning no service users were in the vicinity while she prayed.
Isabel Vaughan Spruce was standing near an abortion clinic in Birmingham.
Policeman: “are you praying?”
IVS: “I might be praying in my head”
Policeman: “you’re under arrest”
This really is the ultimate thought crime. pic.twitter.com/ehZiTx0bMU
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) December 23, 2022
The censorship zone was instated by local authorities by a Public Space Protection Order, which bans activities which it defines
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