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Here is a video made by a barrister (so it gets a bit technical in places, though he then ‘translates’ the legal-speak for you) reflecting on the recent arrest of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, for ‘maybe’ silently praying in a new PSPO outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth. The story can be read in full here:

https://catholicherald.co.uk/video-the-moment-when-catholic-woman-praying-silently-is-arrested-by-three-police-officers/

or here:

https://news.yahoo.com/british-woman-arrested-praying-silently-200714572.html

or here:

https://www.gbnews.uk/news/watch-outrage-as-woman-praying-silently-is-arrested-in-uk-street-taken-away-by-police-for-a-thoughtcrime/411506

Unfortunately, I can’t find any coverage of the story on the BBC website.

As ever, the situation is complex, but as you will hear in the video below, there are significant questions for us to be aware of…