{"id":48246,"date":"2024-04-30T10:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T09:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=48246"},"modified":"2024-05-15T09:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T08:26:42","slug":"amidst-political-chaos-scottish-government-set-to-debate-more-censorial-legislative-proposals-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/scottish-buffer-zones-debate","title":{"rendered":"Amidst political chaos, Scottish government set to debate more censorial legislative proposals TODAY\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"48246\" class=\"elementor elementor-48246\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-435b6cf4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"435b6cf4\" 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-19d69eeb\" data-id=\"19d69eeb\" 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-173efca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"173efca0\" 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>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Aptos\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Aptos&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><span data-contrast=\"none\">24 hours following Humza Yousaf\u2019s resignation as First Minister, the Scottish Parliament will debate a bill to censor speech on streets near abortion facilities &#8211; including consensual conversation<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Aptos\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Aptos&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=\"none\">ADF UK have backed the legal defence of several individuals criminally tried for offering help, or praying silently, under similar rules in parts of England<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d259e79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d259e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-1024x597.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-43782\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-1024x597.webp 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-300x175.webp 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-768x448.webp 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-1536x896.webp 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-2048x1195.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0ef2c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e0ef2c4\" 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<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">EDINBURGH (30<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> April 2024) &#8211; <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">A proposal to criminalise \u201cinfluence\u201d in public spaces near abortion facilities will be debated in the Scottish parliament today, despite warnings from free speech campaigners that such legislation could result in \u201cthoughtcrime\u201d prosecutions as seen in England.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Bill was launched by Gillian McKay MSP of the Scottish Green Party, who are no longer members of a coalition government following Humza Yousaf\u2019s decision to dissolve the Bute House Agreement last week.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The decision to push ahead with a Stage One debate comes despite 77% of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/righttolife.org.uk\/scotland-buffer-zone-consultation-results\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">respondents<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> to the Scottish Parliament consultation opposing the introduction of abortion \u201cbuffer zones\u201d in Scotland.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/righttolife.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Savanta-Comres-Poll-Buffer-Zones.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Polling from Savanta ComRes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> shows that only 30% of the population in Scotland support the introduction of nationwide buffer zones around abortion clinics.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3586e9e0 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"3586e9e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\"Following the international embarrassment marking the launch of the recent \u201chate speech\u201d law, the last thing Scotland needs is more censorial legislation.<\/span><br>\"Yet, even amidst the chaos of a collapsing Yousaf administration, our parliament continues to push measures which could see citizens criminalised for engaging in peaceful conversations.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Lois McLatchie Miller<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19007666 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19007666\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The following statement may be attributed to Lois McLatchie Miller, Senior Legal Communications Officer and Scottish Spokesperson for ADF UK:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c7c8f3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c7c8f3f\" 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<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cFollowing the international embarrassment marking the launch of the recent \u201chate speech\u201d law, the last thing Scotland needs is more censorial legislation. Yet, even amidst the chaos of a collapsing Yousaf administration, our parliament continues to push measures which could see citizens criminalised for engaging in peaceful conversations, or even offering help.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">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 with an ability for authorities to expand the boundary infinitely.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">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.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">I urge Scotland not to make the same mistakes as the English. Don\u2019t censor our streets from charitable help, from conversations, or from simple prayer.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-935e16f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"935e16f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The World\u2019s most extreme \u201cbuffer zone\u201d legislation <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f222651 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f222651\" 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<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the most extreme example of its kind, the Scottish Bill would create a minimum 200m \u201cbuffer\u201d zone around any facility that performs abortions. Vague language banning \u201cinfluence\u201d would put volunteers praying, or engaging in consensual conversation, at risk of being prosecuted.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">Abortion providers can apply for the zone to be extended, with the Bill giving the Scottish Government the power to extend any buffer zone infinitely beyond 200m should they deem it to be \u201cnecessary\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">These would mark the largest censored zones of their kind in the world, with England and Wales having passed legislation to introduce 150m buffer zones, and must buffer zones in Northern Ireland extending to only 100m \u2013 half of the size proposed in Scotland.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">Anyone who commits an offence can be fined up to \u00a310,000 on a <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.scot\/-\/media\/files\/legislation\/bills\/s6-bills\/abortion-services-safe-access-zones-scotland-bill\/introduced\/explanatory-notes-accessible.pdf\" data-lf-fd-inspected-belvo73vjqk8zmqj=\"true\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">summary conviction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">, or an unlimited fine on indictment.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">The <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.scot\/-\/media\/files\/legislation\/bills\/s6-bills\/abortion-services-safe-access-zones-scotland-bill\/introduced\/explanatory-notes-accessible.pdf#page=5\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">provisions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\"> of the Bill apply to anything that is \u201cvisible or audible\u201d within a buffer zone, even if these relate to private buildings. This means it may be illegal for pro-life signs to be displayed from a window within a private home or outside a place of worship if the signs are within the boundaries of or visible to a buffer zone.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">Similarly, conversations in private homes or outside churches may be included if they are audible inside a buffer zone.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-209e3d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"209e3d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Women impacted ask for their stories to be heard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-47ece150 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47ece150\" 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-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-18079c55\" data-id=\"18079c55\" 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-2e2979d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e2979d2\" 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<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Women\u2019s campaign group &#8220;Be Here For Me&#8221; have highlighted that the bill would restrict charitable offers of help from being accessible to women at their point of need. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alina Dulgheriu, who benefitted from the support offered by pro-life volunteers outside an abortion facility in Ealing and continued her wanted pregnancy as a result, asked the Scottish government to consider the needs of women like her before implementing such censorial legislation that would restrict \u201creal choice\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-234482b\" data-id=\"234482b\" 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-315dd39c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"315dd39c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Health__Social_Care_and_Sport_Committee.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06db7f5 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"06db7f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\"Removing the option to receive help to keep a child...is deeply patronising,<\/span><br>and assumes that women can't make a decision for ourselves, or that we might choose the wrong option.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Alina Dulgheriu<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f510e76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f510e76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cThoughtcrimes\u201d on trial because of English \u201cbuffer zones\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa446c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1aa446c5\" 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<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Last year, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a charitable volunteer from Birmingham, was arrested twice for praying silently in her own mind in an abortion facility \u201cbuffer zone\u201d. A viral video showed her being arrested for her silent prayers within the censorial zone for the first time last Winter (see below).<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With support from ADF UK, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adf.uk\/not-guilty\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">completely acquitted<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> following their trial at Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court for committing prayerful \u201cthoughtcrimes\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">I<\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/isabel-at-scot-parl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sabel addressed the Scottish parliament on the matter last month.<\/a><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Meanwhile, a retired medical scientist and crisis pregnancy support volunteer, Livia Tossici-Bolt, awaits trial in Bournemouth for holding a sign reading \u201cH<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">ere to talk, if you want<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d in a \u201cbuffer zone\u201d around an abortion facility. 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