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We prayed for the woman who was arrested for silent prayer. Here’s the answer . . .
From ADF UK. The charitable volunteer who was criminally charged for praying near a closed abortion facility will continue to await justice as she states her intention to pursue full dismissal of her charges in court.
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who was seen in a viral video being arrested and humiliatingly searched by three police officers after saying that she “might be” praying inside her head, was criminally charged with “protesting and engaging in an act that is intimidating to service users” in a censorship zone around the abortion facility on Station Road in Birmingham. This was despite Vaughan-Spruce stating clearly on video that she was not protesting, and despite the clinic being closed, meaning no service users were in the vicinity while she prayed.
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The censorship zone was instated by local authorities by a Public Space Protection Order, which bans activities which it defines as “protest”, including prayer, in the streets surrounding the abortion facility.
CPS have now communicated that they have discontinued the charges against Vaughan-Spruce, yet also have made clear that the charges “may well start again” in the near future subject to further evidential review. This is a warning prosecutors can issue when they expect that further evidence will be received.
However, in view of the authorisation of charges and the stage of proceedings, CPS has informed Vaughan-Spruce of her right to seek a verdict.
Vaughan-Spruce intends to seek clear verdict in court
Given the nature of Vaughan-Spruce’s regular voluntary work in offering charitable support to women in crisis pregnancies near abortion facilities, the discontinuance has left her with significant legal unclarity moving forward, given that CPS made clear that the charges “may well start again” in the near future subject to further evidential review.
Vaughan-Spruce has now made known her intention to pursue a verdict in court. Her first hearing date is yet to be set.
“It can’t be right that I was arrested and made a criminal, only for praying in my head on a public street. So-called “buffer zone legislation” will result in so many more people like me, doing good and legal activities like offering charitable support to women in crisis pregnancies, or simply praying in their heads, being treated like criminals and even facing court. It’s important to me that I can continue my vital work in supporting women who’d like to avoid abortion if they only had some help. In order to do so, it’s vital that I have clarity as to my legal status. Many of us need an answer as to whether it’s still lawful to pray silently in our own heads. That’s why I’ll be pursuing a verdict regarding my charges in court,” explained Isabel Vaughan-Spruce.
Police in the UK arrest a woman for silently praying:
"Are you praying?"
"I might be praying in my head." pic.twitter.com/7Q8UnKmfa1
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) December 22, 2022
“Isabel is right to request proper clarity as to the lawfulness of our actions. It’s one thing for the authorities to humiliatingly search and arrest an individual simply for their thoughts. It’s quite another to initially deem those thoughts to be sufficient evidence to justify charges, then discontinue those charges due to ‘insufficient evidence’, and then to warn that further evidence relating to the already unclear charges may soon be forthcoming so as to restart the entire grueling process from the beginning. This is a clear instance of the process becoming the punishment creating a chilling effect on free expression and freedom of thought, conscience and belief. ADF UK remain committed to supporting Isabel’s pursuit because no one should fear prosecution for silent prayer and thoughts in the privacy of their mind,” commented Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK.
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(From ADF UK. Photo Credit: ADF UK)
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Many blessings to this brave woman!
Thank you Lord for hearing our prayers and we give you thanks and praise for all that you do in the mighty name of Jesus! Amen
Praise God for this victory. But I am thankful that she is continuing to pursue a verdict in court. Thank you for her courage to go through this for future clarification. God will go before her and I pray for victory! I decree she will be the victor.
Jeremiah 18:9-10 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will be sorry for the good I had intended to do for it.
If prayer didn’t work, the enemy and his minions wouldn’t bother to attack. They’d just laugh.
Isabel’s testimony , along with many others, proves that prayer is indeed powerful and the enemy is petrified of it. No wonder God’s Word commands, “pray without ceasing.”
Thank You, Jesus, for this powerful weapon!
And thank you, IFA for bringing us these praise reports!
By charging her with intimidation aren’t they publicly admitting there is Great Power in Prayer?
Psalm 37; https://biblehub.com/nlt/psalms/37.htm
(v 5-6)Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.
Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand”
The sun has enough nuclear fuel to stay as it is for 5 billion more years…but The Son is everlasting!
Dear Heavenly Father, You are Elohei Mishpat, the author of justice. Thank You for the many blessings of this outcome. I pray Your justice will empower ADF UK to do so much more. As they support and defend, I pray You uphold them so ALL WILL KNOW that You delight in their work. Your word says we are to commit everything we do to You. We are to trust You and You will help us by making our justice shine like the noonday sun. Yes, Lord God Almighty, I pray the enemy is subdued in the light of YOUR Justice and I praise the Name of Jesus Christ over all the efforts and the organizations doing Your work. May He continue to fuel them on earth as it is in Heaven. Amen
It’s absolutely unbelievable that this woman was charged with prayer in her head! Twisted minds do twisted acts. Praying for Isabel and we pray from heavens courtroom true justice in this case in Jesus’ name.