UNITED KINGDOM: MS ISABEL VAUGHAN-SPRUCE, OF MARCH FOR LIFE UK, WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR MANY YEARS IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN IN CRISIS PREGNANCIES, HAS RECEIVED A PAYOUT FROM POLICE AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR PRAYING OUTSIDE AN ABORTION BUSINESS; ALLEGED NEWS. [1] Ms Vaughan-Spruce was accused of breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) outside an abortion clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham - the charges were dropped last year: Alleged News. [1] and [2]
Breach of human rights
Ms Vaughan-Spruce claimed the police actions breached her human rights, Alleged News. [1] She received £13,000 from West Midlands Police, which said it settled her civil claim "without any admission of liability", adding the city council brought in the PSPO to deter protesters; Alleged News. [1]
Reproductive coercion
Ms Vaughan-Spruce highlighted a survey about reproductive coercion, commissioned by the BBC, in which 15% of the 1,000 UK women surveyed said they had experienced pressure to terminate the pregnancy; Alleged News. [1]
Legal Support from Alliance Defending Freedom UK
Ms Vaughan-Spruce received legal support from Alliance Defending Freedom UK (ADF), part of a US-based legal advocacy group; Alleged News. [1]
[1] Abortion clinic payout woman shocked at prayer arrest, Alleged News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gze361j7xo
[2] United Kingdom: Director Isabel Vaughan-Spruce and Fr Sean Gough found not guilty for silently praying near a closed abortion center, Alleged News
https://lumierecharity.blogspot.com/2023/02/united-kingdom-director-isabel-vaughan.html
[3] Videos Mail Online; Alleged News
With thanks to bbc.com and dailymail.co.uk
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