U.K. Woman Arrested for Praying
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Colson Center
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🗓️ 10 January 2023
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
Back in December, March for Life UK director Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested for praying silently outside an abortion clinic in Birmingham, England.
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| 0:00.0 | With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Shrew with a point. |
| 0:04.8 | Back in December, March for Life, UK director Isabel von Sprues was arrested for praying silently |
| 0:10.6 | outside an abortion clinic in Birmingham, England. |
| 0:13.3 | As she stood silently, police approached her and asked if she was praying. |
| 0:17.0 | She answered she might have been or was simply thinking about other things. |
| 0:20.0 | Later, she would explain, |
| 0:21.0 | My faith is a central part of who I am, so sometimes I'll stand or walk near an abortion |
| 0:25.2 | facility and pray about this issue. |
| 0:27.6 | I've done pretty much every week for the last 20 years of my life. |
| 0:30.7 | Local governments across the UK have utilized what's called public spaces protection orders |
| 0:35.8 | to shut down what they describe as anti-social behavior. |
| 0:39.1 | Though von Sprues wasn't being disruptive in any way, apparently in Birmingham, thinking |
| 0:43.2 | and praying the wrong things near an abortion clinic is considered worse than the violence |
| 0:47.2 | that's happening inside. |
| 0:49.0 | Those who love life, that should clarify the issue. |
| 0:52.0 | And what we must do to change hearts and minds. |
| 0:54.4 | For the call center, I'm John Stone Street. |
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