Just days after Vice President JD Vance warned Europe against imposing Orwellian laws criminalizing free speech and silent prayer, police in Scotland arrested a 74-year-old grandmother for silently offering to speak to women outside an abortion facility, if they wished.
Rose Docherty stood outside the abortion wing of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow holding a sign that read, “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.” Two police officers insisted she desist, handcuffed the elderly woman, and charged her with violating the abortion facility’s “buffer zone” barring free speech within a wide radius of any abortion facility.
The pensioner’s arrest last week is the first made under Scotland’s Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act. Those convicted face a fine of 10,000 pounds (approximately $12,600 U.S.) or an unlimited financial penalty if…
