{"id":21136,"date":"2023-10-06T09:58:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adf.uk\/?p=12039"},"modified":"2024-01-05T11:22:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T10:22:33","slug":"scottish-censorship-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/scottish-censorship-bill","title":{"rendered":"Scottish &#8220;buffer zones&#8221; bill launched amidst &#8220;thoughtcrime&#8221; prosecutions in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.scot\/-\/media\/files\/legislation\/bills\/s6-bills\/abortion-services-safe-access-zones-scotland-bill\/introduced\/bill-as-introduced.pdf\">Bill launched<\/a> by Gillian McKay MSP would criminalise &#8220;influence&#8221; on public space near abortion facilities<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>Free speech campaigners warn vague wording could lead to English-style &#8220;thoughtcrime&#8221; prosecutions in Scotland<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\" data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ADF UK supports legal defense of several individuals facing prosecution for silent prayer\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The following statement may be attributed to Lois McLatchie Miller, Senior Legal Communications Officer and Spokesperson for ADF UK in Scotland:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cGillian Mackay MSP has lodged her bill to implement censorial \u201cbuffer zones\u201d around abortion facilities across Scotland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>We all stand firmly against harassment, and anyone who commits harassment against a woman is already subject to prosecution. However, Mackay\u2019s Bill goes much, much further, making it a crime to engage in \u201cinfluencing\u201d on public streets anywhere \u201cvisible or audible\u201d from an area 200m around the abortion facility \u2013 an area thus potentially expanding many hundreds of meters around public space.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The use of such broad and sweeping terminology leaves Scottish people open to prosecution merely for engaging in a consensual conversation, offering charitable help services to women who\u2019d like to consider other options, or even privately praying about abortion and those impacted by it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>We know from where \u201cbuffer zones\u201d exist in England, that vaguely-worded and broad prohibitions have been used to drag people through court for praying silently in their own minds \u2013 one of the first examples of a \u201cthoughtcrime\u201d being prosecuted in court. Surely we can all agree that this is an Orwellian overreach that should be resisted, rather than copied and pasted into our national laws.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>I urge Scotland not to make the same mistakes as the English. Don\u2019t censor our streets from charitable help, from conversations, or from\u00a0simple\u00a0prayer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8220;Thoughtcrimes&#8221; resulting from English &#8220;buffer zones&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Scottish Bill has been launched only weeks after West Midlands police ended a <a href=\"https:\/\/adf.uk\/vindication-silent-prayer\/\">six-month investigation<\/a> in Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a charitable volunteer from Birmingham, who was arrested twice for praying silently in her own mind in an abortion facility &#8220;buffer zone&#8221;. A viral video showed her being arrested for her silent prayers within the censorial zone for the first time last Winter:<\/p>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"x-alias-twitter-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"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\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-b brlbs-cmpnt-cb-x\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/cb-twitter-main.png')\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\">\n<p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>X<\/strong>. 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Father Sean Gough was further charged for having a small bumper sticker on his car parked in the zone, which had been affixed to the car almost a year prior, reading &#8220;unborn lives matter&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With support from ADF UK, both Isabel Vaughan-Spruce and Father Sean Gough were <a href=\"https:\/\/adf.uk\/not-guilty\/\">completely acquitted<\/a> following their trial at Birmingham Magistrates&#8217; Court for committing prayerful &#8220;thoughtcrimes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Meanwhile, a father and military veteran awaits trial in November in relation to his own silent prayer near an abortion facility in Bournemouth. Adam Smith-Connor was <a href=\"https:\/\/adf.uk\/support-adam\/\">charged and prosecute<\/a>d for praying silently about his own experience of an abortion which he had paid for in the past, as well as for the difficult decisions facing men and women at the clinic that day. ADF UK are also supporting Smith-Connor&#8217;s legal defense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last month, the Home Secretary clarified that <em>\u201csilent prayer, within itself, is not unlawful\u201d<\/em> in a public letter to police forces across the country. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuellaBraverman\/status\/1697905696145092684?s=20\">letter<\/a>\u00a0further reminded officers that\u00a0<em>\u201cholding lawful opinions, even if those opinions may offend others, is not a criminal offence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free speech campaigners warn vague wording could lead to English-style &#8220;thoughtcrime&#8221; prosecutions in Scotland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":22451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[736],"tags":[899,898],"class_list":["post-21136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-free-speech-en-gb","tag-uk-en-gb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scottish &quot;buffer zones&quot; 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