In the UK, “conspiracy to invoke the name of Christ in the presence of empowered women” is a very serious crime.
Even if you only do it in your mind.
A man in the UK has been convicted after praying silently in an abortion exclusion zone in Bournemouth and ordered to pay £9,000 in legal costs to the prosecution.
Legal advocacy organisation ADF UK, who supported Adam Smith-Connor throughout the trial, described the ruling as “the first known conviction of a ‘thoughtcrime’ in modern British history”.
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council filed charges against Mr Smith-Connor after he was confronted by officers about “the nature of his prayers” when he stopped to pray briefly near an abortion facility in November 2022.
As Mr Smith-Connor’s prayer was taking place within an abortion facility ‘buffer zone’, in which authorities have banned expressions of pro-life or Christian belief or practice, he was considered to be in breach of the ‘Public Spaces Protection Order’.
Video from when he was arrested
ADF UK has said that it is examining the possibility of appealing Mr Smith-Connor’s case.
Meanwhile in Scotland, speaking out against abortion in a private home that falls within an exclusion zone could be considered an offence under legislation that recently came into force there.
Residents whose dwellings were set to be situated within a ‘safe access zone’ for facilities where abortions are carried out received a letter from the Scottish government informing them that there are now a number of behaviours that could be criminal offences if done with the intention of deterring or impeding a person’s access to abortion.
The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Act 2024 came into effect September 24 this year, introducing similar buffer zones that intend to “prevent people acting in certain ways around hospitals and clinics” that carry out abortions.
Under the new laws, it will be an offence to do anything, either intentionally or recklessly, which influences someone’s decision to access, provide or facilitate an abortion; to prevent or impede another person from accessing, providing or facilitating an abortion; or cause harassment, alarm or distress to another person relating to their decision to access, provide or facilitate an abortion, where in each case the other person is in the safe access zone.
Examples of such behaviour provided by the Scottish government include trying to persuade people not to engage with abortion, or holding silent vigils.
The exclusion zones cover abortion facilities, as well as the grounds of those facilities and all public areas within 200 metres of the boundary of the grounds, with a provision granting that the size of the zone can be extended or reduced in future.
The letter received by residents warns that while the offences apply in public places within the zones, it is also the case that if someone does something “intentionally or recklessly” in a private place within the zone that could be seen or heard within the zone, it could be considered an offence.
Police Scotland have been tasked with enforcing the buffer zones, and those who break the Safe Access Zone laws could be fined up to £10,000 under summary procedure or to an unlimited amount under solemn procedure.
These same Molochpilled abortionmaxers are flooding your country with immigrants.
I wonder if the two things are related?
So buffer zones in Scotland could now include someone speaking inside their own house about abortion. And neighbours are being encouraged to report each other. Well done ‘Safer Scotland’, I’m sure everyone is sleeping better knowing this. pic.twitter.com/FR84yQLiCC
— Isabel Vaughan-Spruce (@IsabelVSpruce) October 9, 2024