"UK Retiree Faces Trial for Offering Support to Women in Abortion Crisis"

Livia Tossici-Bolt, a retired British woman, is facing trial for holding a sign offering to talk to women considering abortion near a facility in Bournemouth, England, breaching a local abortion "buffer zone." She believes she has the right to have consensual conversations under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act. The UK government has passed legislation to enforce censorial buffer zones around all abortion facilities, criminalizing peaceful and helpful activities. The Home Office has issued draft guidance to clarify the right to pray inside one’s own mind and engage in consensual conversations. ADF UK has defended multiple similar cases involving "censorship zones," and the BCP Council had recently apologized for another incident involving Tossici-Bolt.