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If you think that the free speech-v-cancel culture tension has already been pushed to its limits in the UK over the past year, you probably haven\u2019t heard of 40 Days for Life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“The campaign to pray for an end to abortion throughout the period of Lent reached its peak this weekend, drawing Christians across the country together around one of the most significant and controversial issues of our time. One in four women in the UK will experience abortion in their lives. Pro-life groups have worked to make abortions unnecessary by giving women support to keep their children, even up until the last moment of their decision. With such efforts come debate. And with debate comes the difficulty of democracy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Already, certain local councils such as in Ealing and Richmond in London have caved to activist pressure to ban \u201cpro-lifers\u201d from expressing their views in public, specifically in 150m zones around abortion facilities. Last month, the Northern Ireland Assembly voted to implement a similar censorship zone around all abortion facilities across their country. A similar private member\u2019s bill is in consultation in Holyrood, with\u00a0MSPs tweeting zealously<\/a> this weekend about the need to censor pro-lifers,<\/span>” writes Lois McLatchie, Communications officer for ADF International.<\/span><\/p>

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