Posted on 07/05/2018 4:49:01 PM PDT by marshmallow
The court upheld Ealing Council's order banning pro-life vigils outside a Marie Stopes clinic
Campaigners have expressed their sadness after the High Court upheld Ealing Council’s ban on prayer vigils outside an abortion clinic.
The court upheld the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) from Ealing Council which criminalises praying, handing out leaflets or any act expressing an opinion on abortion outside a Marie Stopes clinic.
Alina Dulgheriu, a mother who was helped by a pro-life vigil and who brought the challenge, is considering options for appeal.
“I am saddened and shocked that the Court has upheld a PSPO that prevents good people giving help to mothers who desperately want it,” she said.
“I am surprised that evidence that the judge recognised isn’t of a criminal standard, can be used to criminalise a whole section of society that holds an ‘unfashionable’ worldview.”
She said the court had effectively dismissed fundamental human rights such as freedom of expression by giving local authorities the benefit of the doubt when they try to criminalise it.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
There are reasons we left.
Freedom dies another death every day in Britain.
What if one waved a Swastika outside an abortion clinic?
The UK is not a friendly state. It’s the opposite of us now.
UK police state BUMP
Happens in those EU third world countries all the time ... the rule not the exception.
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