Isabel Vaughan-Spruce ADF UK There was a time when standing quietly on a public street in the U.K. was not a crime. That time has passed. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is a pro-life charitable volunteer in Birmingham. She was recently charged by West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service for the simple act of standing in the vicinity of an abortion clinic. Her case marks the first time a person has been accused of violating the country’s new abortion “buffer zone” law, which went into effect on October 2024 under Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023. The law prohibits “influencing” anyone’s decision to access, provide, or facilitate abortion services within 150 meters of an abortion center. Notably, it does not mention silent prayer. Yet Vaughan-Spruce is now facing criminal consequences for doing precisely that. A recent video posted on the X account of ADF International reveals the latest harassment she has endured. The footage shows a policeman telling her that to stand “…
What has sadly happened to Isabel is an example of how the Western political elites have legislated criminalizing Christian thinking and action. The West is dying from within.