{"id":23172,"date":"2024-01-04T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T12:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=23172"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:03:48","slug":"watch-officers-confront-move-on-retiree-for-offering-help-to-pregnant-women-on-public-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/officers-confronts-retiree","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Officers confront, \u201cmove on\u201d retiree for offering help to pregnant women on public street"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23172\" class=\"elementor elementor-23172\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-363d7234 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"363d7234\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7086b173\" data-id=\"7086b173\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12e6d20d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12e6d20d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Livia Tossici-Bolt, 63, has brought a complaint against officers who forced her off of a public street, with support from ADF UK<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The retiree held a sign reading \u201cPREGNANT? NEED HELP?\u201d, while remaining outside the \u201cbuffer zone\u201d around the local abortion facility in this instance<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Public consultation on government \u201cbuffer zone\u201d guidance now open<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 27px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\">BOURNEMOUTH (18<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\">th<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u00a0December 2023) \u2013<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0A retired scientist and charitable volunteer has brought a formal complaint against council officials who forced her to move from a public street where she was standing, peacefully praying, and holding a sign.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 27px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\">Livia Tossici-Bolt, who believes that, \u201c<i style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 22px; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\">both Mum and baby matter in every pregnancy,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0had been advertising charitable help on offer to women in crisis pregnancy situations. Three officers approached her and accused her of breaching the local \u201cbuffer zone,\u201d which bans \u201cexpressions of approval or disapproval\u201d of abortion, including through prayer. In this instance, Tossici-Bolt was not standing within the zone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 27px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\">Tossici-Bolt\u2019s complaint comes while the government is soliciting\u00a0<a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #b3242d; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;\" title=\"http:\/\/public%20input\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/abortion-clinic-safe-access-zones-non-statutory-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public input<\/a>\u00a0on non-statutory guidance regarding the implementation of \u201cbuffer zones\u201d across England and Wales.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The officers accused Tossici-Bolt of standing within the local \u201cbuffer zone\u201d; but video evidence confirms that the volunteer was outside of the zone\u2019s boundary, and out of sight of the facility, at a distance of over 150m away.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">I have devoted my time to supporting women in crisis pregnancies for many years, sharing information about support available should they choose to keep their babies. This is what real choice looks like for women. In implementing a censorial \u2018buffer zone,\u2019 the authorities have deterred me from offering that help where it\u2019s needed most, near the abortion facility. But even now, when I have stood outside the boundary of the censorship zone, authorities have acted to intimidate and remove me \u2013 simply for praying and offering help. It isn\u2019t right that they should be allowed to do this, solely on the basis that they disagree with my peacefully-expressed beliefs,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">said Livia Tossici-Bolt.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">With support from ADF UK, a retired scientist and charitable volunteer has brought a formal complaint against council officials who forced her to move from a public street where she was standing, peacefully praying, and holding a sign.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cLivia\u2019s interrogation is the clearest example yet of the dangerous slippery slope posed by nationwide censorship zones. The purported blanket bans on prayer and consensual conversations were never about the prevention of harassment and intimidation \u2013 after all, in the UK, not a single pro-life vigil volunteer has been convicted for harassment and intimidation in over 40 years of prolife presence near abortion facilities.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rather, these zones have the effect of stamping out pro-life views from the public square. If the state is allowed to criminalise the mere holding of prolife viewpoints within certain public spaces, on what basis can we object to criminalisation in all public spaces? The principle of freedom of thought and speech must be defended both within and outside \u2018buffer zones\u2019 \u2013 the alternative is state sponsored censorship, the silencing of those with viewpoints considered non-mainstream, and the undermining of the very fabric of our democracy,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">commented Jeremiah Igunnubole, Legal Counsel for ADF UK.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Censoring alternative options to abortion<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Women who have benefited from the help offered by pro-life volunteers nearby abortion facilities have spoken out against the implementation of \u201cbuffer zones,\u201d which censor such information from being shared.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Carla, interviewed below, entered an abortion facility in Birmingham, believing that she did not have the financial means to continue her pregnancy. But thanks to an encounter with a pro-life charitable volunteer outside the clinic, she and her partner Danny found the resources necessary to make an empowered choice for parenthood.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI don\u2019t see any problem with peaceful prayer. It wasn\u2019t intimidating to us at all, in fact quite the opposite, it was comforting. Had Danny not had that one person there that one day, I don\u2019t think he would have had the strength to text me to come out, and say that we can do this\u2026<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">We had all of the help we needed, with no intimidation or pressure or anything. There is absolutely no need for \u2018buffer zones,\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">commented Carla.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">This month, the government have opened a public consultation on official guidance on the \u2018buffer zones\u2019 set to be rolled out across all abortion facilities in England and Wales in 2024.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe consultation offers an opportunity for the public to appeal to the government to protect basic freedoms \u2013 freedom for adults to hold consensual conversations and freedom to hold one\u2019s own private thoughts in their own mind without interference. These basic freedoms are now under threat and can no longer be taken for granted \u2013 they must be actively defended. Today, it\u2019s pro-life views; tomorrow, it could be another viewpoint that falls out of favour. Regardless of the topic, it is not for the state to dictate what speech, thought, and views are acceptable, particularly when peacefully and lawfully expressed. 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