{"id":198391,"date":"2019-03-15T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=198391"},"modified":"2019-03-14T00:48:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T05:48:05","slug":"investigate-pro-lifers-attacked-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/investigate-pro-lifers-attacked-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigate as prayerful pro-lifers attacked in the United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police are investigating a series of violent attacks<\/a> against pro-lifers taking part in the current 40 Days for Life campaign in the United Kingdom. In the first three days of the campaign,\u00a0pro-lifers keeping vigil outside abortion facilities in both Manchester and Nottingham were assaulted.\u00a0The two incidents, along with increased aggression against pro-lifers praying in London and Cardiff, demonstrate escalating violence against those in the pro-life movement.<\/p>\n

The first incident occurred in Nottingham last Thursday, where three volunteers were assaulted as they prayed outside Queens Medical Centre. Local leader John Edwards described the event to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), saying<\/a>, “Shortly before 5pm, a young man approached the three volunteers who were present, including me. We were praying quietly. He swore abusively and then threw a jug of yellow liquid at us. The liquid was lumpy. It hit one member of the vigil in the face, hair and body, and the other two of us on our bodies, clothes, shoes. He then disappeared. None of the vigil members responded in any way.” Local police are investigating the incident as an assault and possible hate crime.<\/p>\n

The next incident occurred in Manchester the following day\u00a0when three elderly volunteers were attacked by an individual\u00a0who was screaming obscenities and throwing chairs. The assailant\u00a0also took leaflets and placards from the volunteers and hurled them over a fence.<\/p>\n