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or the woman arrested for silently praying, in her head, while standing in front of an abortion clinic. Hmm... Looks like this happened in the UK: The video

or the woman arrested for silently praying, in her head, while standing in front of an abortion clinic. Hmm... Looks like this happened in the UK: The video shows an officer asking Vaughan-Spruce if she was praying, to which she answers: “I might be praying in my head.” She was charged Dec. 15 with four counts of breaking a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) around the abortion facility. A PSPO is intended to stop antisocial behavior. Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253187/woman-arrested-while-praying-silently-outside-abortion-clinic-charged-with-intimidation https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253187/woman-arreste... The Public Spaces Protection Order is here: https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/Communities/PSPOs/Ophir-Road-and-surrounding-area-Public-Spaces-Protection-Order.aspx https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/Communities/PSPOs/Ophir-Road-a... Some background on the protective order: https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/news-article.aspx?title=decision-made-to-implement-public-spaces-protection-order-around-ophir-road-in-bournemouth https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/news-article.aspx?title=decisi... So, they had so many problems that the local council put an order in place, with overwhelming public support. The woman then violated the order and even indicated that she was violating the order, by choice, all so she can play the victim. Now it's being spun as "thought crime" so that they don't have to take responsibility for their abhorrent behavior and continue to pretend to be the ones who are victimized.

nostromo 4y ago
> abhorrent behavior How can any sane person watch this video and say her behavior was "abhorrent?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6E105a58p8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6E105a58p8 Videos like this make me so thankful for the US constitution.
- ck425 4y ago
  The behaviour in a vacuum might not be so bad but she was consciously trying to test how far she could go before they broke a law made specifically due to anti-abortion protesters like her intimidating woman to the point they wouldn't use the services.
  - erenyeager 4y ago
    Still shows what a police state the UK is, this lady is arrested and she was not causing any disturbance. Do we really want to live in a society where people who did not commit a crime are locked up?
    - justinclift 4y ago
      > ... she was not causing any disturbance. Sounds like she was definitely disturbing the clients of the abortion clinic. Intimidation is a thing after all, thus the protection order, which she knowingly violated.
      - erenyeager 4y ago
        How is standing there causing disturbance? The real disturbance is apparent in what the police did to her. I really want you and people who hold these views to reflect on what the implications are if someone standing quietly by themselves on a street corner constitutes intimidation. She said she was not part of a protest.
        ck425 4y ago
        She said she wasn't but she was clearly linked. The anti-abortion protests that lead to the law in the first place commonly claimed to be "prayer vigils" and she went into the buffer zone, outside an abortion clinic to pray. I can see where you're coming from but at the same time it was a clear attempt to get as close as possible to protesting without breaking the law.
- snozolli 4y ago
  How can any sane person watch this video and say her behavior was "abhorrent?" I'm talking about the behavior that led to the protection order. She's trying to play the "thought crime" angle in order to get the protection order repealed and pretend that they're being victimized. It's disingenuous.
  - flextheruler 4y ago
    Arresting someone for “playing the thought crime angle” appears no different to me than arresting someone for a thought crime
    - snozolli 4y ago
      Then you are easily swayed by disingenuous actions.

nostromo 4y ago

> abhorrent behavior How can any sane person watch this video and say her behavior was "abhorrent?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6E105a58p8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6E105a58p8 Videos like this make me so thankful for the US constitution.

ck425 4y ago
The behaviour in a vacuum might not be so bad but she was consciously trying to test how far she could go before they broke a law made specifically due to anti-abortion protesters like her intimidating woman to the point they wouldn't use the services.
- erenyeager 4y ago
  Still shows what a police state the UK is, this lady is arrested and she was not causing any disturbance. Do we really want to live in a society where people who did not commit a crime are locked up?
  - justinclift 4y ago
    > ... she was not causing any disturbance. Sounds like she was definitely disturbing the clients of the abortion clinic. Intimidation is a thing after all, thus the protection order, which she knowingly violated.
    - erenyeager 4y ago
      How is standing there causing disturbance? The real disturbance is apparent in what the police did to her. I really want you and people who hold these views to reflect on what the implications are if someone standing quietly by themselves on a street corner constitutes intimidation. She said she was not part of a protest.
      - ck425 4y ago
        She said she wasn't but she was clearly linked. The anti-abortion protests that lead to the law in the first place commonly claimed to be "prayer vigils" and she went into the buffer zone, outside an abortion clinic to pray. I can see where you're coming from but at the same time it was a clear attempt to get as close as possible to protesting without breaking the law.
snozolli 4y ago
How can any sane person watch this video and say her behavior was "abhorrent?" I'm talking about the behavior that led to the protection order. She's trying to play the "thought crime" angle in order to get the protection order repealed and pretend that they're being victimized. It's disingenuous.
- flextheruler 4y ago
  Arresting someone for “playing the thought crime angle” appears no different to me than arresting someone for a thought crime
  - snozolli 4y ago
    Then you are easily swayed by disingenuous actions.