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BREAKING: Retired Pastor CONVICTED after first-of-its-kind abortion buffer zone prosecution for open air church service

District Judge Peter King today (7 May 2026) convicted retired Pastor Clive Johnston, giving him fines totalling £450 for breaching abortion ‘Safe Access Zones’ legislation.

Abortion, Abortion: UK, Exclusion Zones

Grandmother’s victory after arrest over authoritarian “buffer zone” law in Scotland

On April 28th, charges were dismissed against Rose Docherty, a 75 year old grandmother from Glasgow, who was arrested for offering consensual conversation in a “buffer zone” outside Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. Mrs Docherty was detained in a cell for over two hours without a chair to sit on, despite her medical history of multiple hip replacements.

Exclusion Zones

Judge recuses himself from case of woman praying in censorship zones for “apparent bias”

A judge in Northern Ireland has recused himself from the case of a woman who is seeking to appeal her conviction for praying peacefully and holding a pro-life sign within a “safe access” zone, due to “apparent bias”.

Exclusion Zones

Grandmother in Scotland arrested for second time for holding “here to talk” sign in buffer zone

A grandmother in Scotland has been arrested for a second time for holding a “here to talk” sign within a buffer zone of an abortion facility, after the charges for her previous arrest were dropped.

Exclusion Zones

Charges dropped against Grandmother arrested for holding “here to talk” sign in abortion zone

A grandmother who became the first person arrested in Scotland for standing within a buffer zone holding a “here to talk sign” has had the charged dropped against her.

Exclusion Zones

80% polled disagree as pro-life prayer woman targeted for THIRD time

A recent poll has shown that 80% of people disagree that silent prayer should be banned after it was revealed that a pro-life activist is being currently investigated for the third time for praying silently outside an abortion clinic, despite having been acquitted twice before and received a formal apology from the police.

Exclusion Zones

Council with financial challenges spends six-figure sum prosecuting peaceful pro-life prayer

A council in the UK has spent a six-figure sum (approximately £150,000) in an attempt to prosecute two pro-lifers who were silently praying and offering counsel within an exclusion zone, despite experiencing financial challenges that led to the council to consider ways of saving money, including switching of street lights and reducing the live monitoring of CCTV cameras.

Exclusion Zones

Scotland buffer zone slammed after grandmother becomes first person arrested

Scotland’s buffer zone law has been slammed as “intolerant” and “intimidating” after a 74-year-old grandmother became the first person arrested and charged in since the law came into effect.

Abortion: Ireland, Exclusion Zones

Pro-life prayer and vigils will continue despite "undemocratic" abortion access zones

Pro-life prayer and vigils will continue despite an "undemocratic" new law which "criminalises even silent prayer and witness" in abortion access zones.

Abortion: Ireland, Abortion Politicians, Exclusion Zones

Freedoms "subject to exceptions" says Donnelly as abortion zones bill slammed in Seanad

The government’s Safe Access Zones Bill, which would make it a criminal offence to pray or demonstrate outside GP centres, health facilities and hospitals providing abortion nationwide, has been met with scrutiny in the Seanad.

Abortion: UK, Exclusion Zones

WATCH: "Thought police still at it": Woman fined for praying in her head

British police have again been accused of acting like "thought police" after they again took action against a woman praying 'in her head' near an abortion clinic, despite recent assurances from Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman that silent prayer near abortion providers is not a crime.

Abortion, Abortion: Ireland, Exclusion Zones

Abortion Review Chair accused of getting "basic facts wrong" at Oireachtas hearing

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health has heard concerns from TDs around current practice which permits at-home and remote abortions, and around proposals to scrap the three-day waiting time for abortion made in the abortion review.

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