It’s happened again. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the director of the UK March for Life, was confronted by the police outside an abortion clinic in Birmingham on October 18. Her offense? Silently praying.

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Vaughan-Spruce has already faced criminal charges for such behavior. The first time she was fully vindicated in court. The second time the investigation was dropped.

The reason she keeps coming face to face with the thought police is because of the U.K.’s Anti-social Behavior, Crime and Policing Act (2014), which gave local authorities the power to issue “public space protection orders.” These allow for censorship zones around abortion facilities that prevent “protesting” defined so broadly as to include “prayer or counseling.”

Just so we’re clear: In the U.K., a Christian woman cannot pray silently outside an abortion clinic, but hundreds of Muslim anti-Israel protesters can do this outside Downing Street:

<a href="https://twitter.com/AmyMek/status/1714770917128392974" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/AmyMek/status/1714770917128392974</a>

A Christian woman cannot pray silently outside an abortion clinic, but hundreds of Muslim anti-Israel protesters can pray outside Downing Street.{ai:summary}<p>Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, director of UK March for Life, was confronted by police while silently praying outside an abortion clinic in Birmingham. She has previously faced charges for the same behavior but was vindicated once and had the investigation dropped the second time. The incident is a result of the UK's Anti-social Behavior, Crime and Policing Act (2014), which allows for censorship zones around abortion facilities, prohibiting activities like prayer. #society</p>

The Corner: The U.K.’s Selective Policing of Prayer

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