{"id":283898,"date":"2023-01-19T16:35:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T22:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=283898"},"modified":"2023-01-19T22:26:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T04:26:18","slug":"uk-veteran-arrested-silent-prayer-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/uk-veteran-arrested-silent-prayer-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"UK army vet arrested for praying outside abortion facility: ‘What is the nature of your prayer?’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Less than a month after a woman was arrested for silently praying near an abortion facility, a United Kingdom army veteran has also been arrested for the same “crime.”<\/p>\n

In a press release<\/a> from ADF UK, it was revealed that Adam Smith-Connor was fined for silently praying in a Bournemouth censorship zone. Smith-Connor had his back to the abortion facility, but was still approached by officers simply because he was considered to have violated a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO).<\/p>\n

Smith-Connor told police he was praying for his son, who is deceased, but it made no difference. \u201cI\u2019m sorry for your loss. But ultimately, I have to go along with the guidelines of the Public Space Protection Order, to say that we are in the belief that therefore you are in breach of clause 4a, which says about prayer, and also acts of disapproval,” the officer said; when Smith-Connor said he was merely praying, she added, \u201cI do understand that. But the PSPO is in place for a reason and we have to follow through on those regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n