{"id":77934,"date":"2025-09-29T17:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=77934"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:52:49","slug":"u-s-state-department-arrest-of-scottish-christian-grandmother-is-tyrannical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/tyrannical-arrest-of-scottish-grandmother-abortion-buffer-zone","title":{"rendered":"U.S. State Department: Arrest of Scottish Christian Grandmother is \u00abTyrannical\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"77934\" class=\"elementor elementor-77934\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68340e2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68340e2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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data-contrast=\"auto\">within\u00a0200m\u00a0of a hospital<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b><span class=\"TextRun SCXW171511120 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW171511120 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW194649136 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW194649136 BCX8\">\u201cThe arrest of Rose Docherty is another egregious example of the tyrannical suppression of free speech happening across Europe<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW194649136 BCX8\">\u201d,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW194649136 BCX8\">\u00a0warns U.S. State Department<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW194649136 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/li><\/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-f5b6620 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f5b6620\" 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\/2025\/09\/Glasgow-3.mov\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f00f4dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f00f4dc\" 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\">GLASGOW (29\u00a0September 2025)\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211;\u00a0The U.S. State Department\u00a0has expressed\u00a0concern\u00a0over the arrest of\u00a075-year-old Rose\u00a0Docherty, as seen in a viral video over the weekend.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u00a0Glasgwegian\u00a0grandmother has been\u00a0criminally charged for holding a sign within\u00a0200m\u00a0of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, reading:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cCoercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW179683326 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179683326 BCX8\">In Scotland, \u201cbuffer zones\u201d are enforced within\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179683326 BCX8\">200m<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179683326 BCX8\">\u00a0of every hospital, forbidding harassment, intimidation, and \u201cinfluencing\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179683326 BCX8\">\u00a0of anyone\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179683326 BCX8\">seeking<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179683326 BCX8\">\u00a0to access abortion services<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179683326 BCX8\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW179683326 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\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-67e165ed elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"67e165ed\" 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\">\"The United States will always speak out<\/span> against these violations of fundamental rights.\"\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\">- U.S. State Department Spokesperson<\/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-20dd0aab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20dd0aab\" 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\">Responding to the arrest, the U.S. State Department told the Telegraph:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong><i>\u201cThe arrest of Rose Docherty is another egregious example of the tyrannical suppression of free speech happening across Europe.<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><i>\u201cWhen 75-year-old grandmothers are being arrested for standing peacefully and offering conversation, common sense and basic civility are under attack.<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><i>\u201cThe United States will always speak out against these violations of fundamental rights.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Despite only having\u00a0offered\u00a0consensual\u00a0conversation and not having approached any individual,\u00a0nor making any statement on abortion &#8211;\u00a0Docherty\u00a0has been\u00a0charged with breaching the\u00a0\u201cbuffer zone.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reacting to her arrest, Rose\u00a0Docherty\u00a0said:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cEverybody has the right to engage in consensual conversation. I held my sign\u00a0with love and compassion,\u00a0inviting anyone who\u00a0wants\u00a0to chat, to do so \u2013 and stood peacefully, not approaching anyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI should not be treated as a criminal for\u00a0inviting\u00a0people to chat\u00a0with\u00a0me \u2013 lending a listening ear.\u00a0Conversation is not forbidden on the streets of Glasgow.\u00a0And yet, this is the second time I have been arrested for doing just that.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In August, Scottish authorities dropped their case against\u00a0Docherty\u00a0for\u00a0holding the same sign in the same place after a global outcry against the 75-year-old grandmother\u2019s arrest, including concerns raised in\u00a0an\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StateDRL\/status\/1894751701388636312?s=19\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">online post<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0by the U.S. State Department.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">After her\u00a0arrest this week,\u00a0Docherty\u00a0was held in custody\u00a0for several hours. She was refused a chair to sit on in her cell, despite making it known that she had a double hip replacement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Docherty\u00a0has been charged and released on bail. Stringent bail conditions prevent her from attending an area marked out to be wider than the\u00a0initial\u00a0\u201cbuffer zone\u201d area, in a move\u00a0the\u00a0legal team at\u00a0ADF International call \u201cdisproportionate\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Legal Counsel\u00a0for ADF International,\u00a0Lorcan Price commented:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0deeply concerning that Scottish policing resources are being ploughed into arresting and prosecuting a peaceful grandmother offering\u00a0to speak to people in public, rather than focusing on the problems caused by real crime in Glasgow.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThis is not a case\u00a0about\u00a0harassment,\u00a0intimidation\u00a0or violent protest \u2013 this is simply a grandmother, who held a sign offering to speak to anyone who would like to engage.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The law\u2019s architect, Gillian Mackay MSP,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/prayer-by-window-in-scotland-buffer-zone\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">admitted<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0on BBC Scotland earlier this year that the vague prohibitions\u00a0in the buffer zones law could\u00a0criminalise\u00a0someone for praying visibly from a window in their home within the zone, \u201cdepending on who\u2019s passing by the window.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">U.S. Vice President J.D. 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