Britain laid the groundwork for the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights with the Magna Carta’s signing in 1215. Fast forward 800 years, and Britain is edging into tryanny by limiting or revoking long-held rights.
An example of governmental overreach by the United Kingdom is the recent arrest, for the second time, of a woman silently praying near an abortion clinic.
Birmingham police arrested Isabel Vaughan-Spruce Monday near the BPAS Robert Clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham, according to an ADF report. Vaughan-Spruce had no sign and was completely silent until approached by officers, the report added. Police allegedly received a complaint from an onlooker who suspected she was praying silently in her mind, according to the report.
The Daily Caller further reported:
Officers arrested Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for the first time on Dec. 6 outside of BPAS Robert Clinic in Birmingham, England. Police asked her if she was praying, to which she replied she, “might be praying silently.” A jury decided Vaughan-Spruce was “not guilty” in February, after UK authorities dropped formal charges against her. Vaughan-Spruce was accused of violating the city’s Public Space Protection Order.
The order banned, among other things, “engaging in any act of approval or disapproval or attempted act of approval or disapproval, with respect to issues related to abortion services, by any means,” including by “graphic, verbal or written means, prayer or counselling.”
Video obtained by ADF UK and posted to Twitter on Monday showed Vaughan-Spruce’s second arrest.
“You’ve said you’re engaging in prayer, which is the offense,” police said in the video.
“Silent prayer,” Vaughan-Spruce responded.
“You were still engaging in prayer, which is the offense,” an officer said.
The UK voted to ban even silent prayer outside abortion clinics in England in Nov. 2022. Violators could face up to six months in jail.
Birmingham police did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller’s request for comment.
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