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08/08/23

A United Kingdom army veteran has been charged with a crime for silently praying outside an abortion clinic, despite the fact that police had told him he was “entitled” to do so.

The Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP) Council is one of five U.K. councils that have passed ordinances establishing “buffer zones” around abortion clinics. According to Christian Today, “The buffer zone forbids protesting, harassing, intimidating or photographing visitors or staff within 150 [meters] of the abortion clinic. The restrictions cover prayer, counseling and offering information or help to women visiting the clinic.”

On November 24, Adam Smith-Connor prayed silently outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic, taking care to face away from the building “to avoid any impression of approaching or engaging with women using the facility,” reported the Alliance Defending Freedom UK (ADF UK), which is supporting Smith-Connor’s legal defense.

Smith-Connor says he was praying for the son he conceived with a former girlfriend more than two decades ago — a child whose abortion he bankrolled. That decision, he said, “now grieves me deeply.” He added that he “was praying also for those contemplating abortion, especially those in vulnerable situations who believe abortion is their ‘only choice.’”

The next month, Smith-Connor was issued a fixed penalty notice, which Wikipedia defines as “a notice giving an individual the opportunity to be made immune from prosecution for an alleged criminal offense in exchange for a fee.” Curiously, the pro-abortion authorities described Smith-Connor’s alleged offense as “praying for his deceased son,” indicating that abortion is indeed the taking of a human life.

Smith-Connor wasn’t about to pony up the extortion fee for a non-crime. Thus, wrote ADF UK, the BCP Council.

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