from Christian Today
A Christian woman who has twice been cleared over silent prayer near an abortion clinic says she feels “harassed” by police after discovering that she is under investigation for a third time.
West Midlands Police have confirmed that a live investigation is underway into Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a pro-life campaigner who has been praying and offering help to women outside abortion clinics for 20 years.
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF UK), which is supporting her, said she had not received any formal notice that she was being investigated and only found out by accident when a complaint she lodged against the force for harassment was rejected on the grounds that there was currently a live investigation into her.
Vaughan-Spruce has twice been arrested for praying silently near an abortion facility in Birmingham, allegedly breaching the terms of a ‘buffer zone’ in place around the site.
The buffer zone exists under a Public Spaces Protection Order and bans “expressions of approval or disapproval” of abortion.
After both previous arrests, the charges were dropped and she eventually won £13,000 in compensation from West Midlands Police for wrongful arrest.