UK: Prosecution Drops Case against Disabled Man Arrested for Praying Outside Abortion Clinic

Will Maule : Nov 1, 2019
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"I'm going to continue praying. I'm in this place because they're killing human beings inside this clinic, it is against the law to ban anyone praying anywhere in this land. The PSPO has been built upon false grounds, false harassment, fake news, I don't respect it..." -Christian Hacking

(United Kingdom) — [Faithwire.com] A disabled pro-life campaigner who became the first person to ever be arrested for praying in the United Kingdom has had his case dismissed following a fleet of errors from the police. (Image: courtesy of the Christian Legal Centre /via Faithwire)

Christian Hacking, 29, was detained by law enforcement as he prayed outside an abortion clinic in London earlier this year. Shocking bodycam footage from the incident showed the wheelchair-bound man being carried into a police van after allegedly failing to comply with a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) enforced outside a clinic operated by abortion provider, Marie Stopes.

The PSPO, commonly known as an "exclusion zone," was enacted by Ealing Council in April 2018 and aims to protect the welfare of those entering the clinic, the Telegraph reports. According to the rules, "[people must not engage] in any act of approval/disapproval or attempted act of approval/disapproval, with respect to issues related to abortion services, by any means. This includes but is not limited to graphic, verbal or written means, prayer or counselling"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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