{"id":12314,"date":"2018-04-12T18:55:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=12314"},"modified":"2018-04-12T19:15:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T18:15:56","slug":"ealing-council-freedom-of-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/ealing-council-freedom-of-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Ealing Council strikes at freedom of assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Protesters<\/a>
Protesters outside the Marie Stopes abortion facility. Ealing Council will prevent their witness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ealing Council will create a protest exclusion zone outside an abortion clinic, according to a BBC report<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0The unanimous Cabinet decision will prevent pro-life vigils within 100 metres (whatever those are) of the building. The Council will make a ‘Public Spaces Protection Order.’ That can be done under Section 59 of the\u00a0Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

BBC’s use of language<\/h2>\n

The BBC refer to the proposed area as a ‘safe zone’. \u00a0 So does Ealing Council. \u00a0On its website<\/a>,<\/strong> the Council says: ‘The safe zone can be introduced immediately once the five day call in period has passed’. \u00a0That, it says, means on ‘Monday, 23 April 2018’.<\/p>\n

Those attending the Marie Stopes clinic in Mattock Lane W5 will be ‘safe’ from suggestions they might think again. \u00a0The BBC says women ‘complained of intimidation by protesters’.<\/p>\n

However, the ‘Good Counsel Network<\/a><\/strong>‘ denies harassing women. \u00a0It holds daily vigils outside the centre.<\/p>\n

\"Pro-abortion<\/a>
Pro-abortion protesters outside Marie Stopes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The decision, says the BBC, \u00a0will apply ‘to both anti-abortion and pro-choice campaigners.’ \u00a0And in that very wording, the BBC betrays its prejudice. \u00a0So let’s give ours away. \u00a0These are ‘pro-life’ as opposed to ‘pro-death’ or at the very least, ‘pro-abortion’ campaigners. \u00a0Because there are some ‘choices’ human beings may never be allowed to make. \u00a0And killing another human being is one of them.<\/p>\n

Matt 19:18\u00a0 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abortion is not ‘healthcare’<\/h2>\n

Apparently, ‘applause in broke out in the Ealing council cabinet room following the decision’. \u00a0Nevertheless, ‘a protestor (sic) then interrupted the meeting and accused the council of taking away their rights.’ \u00a0There’s always one trouble-maker, isn’t there?<\/p>\n

\"Healthcare?<\/a>
Healthcare? Results of a vacuum abortion. Most abortions are carried out by this method in the first trimester.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Richard Bentley, Marie Stopes UK managing director, said: “This is a landmark decision for women.<\/p>\n

“This was never about protest. It was about small groups of strangers choosing to gather by our entrance gates where they could harass and intimidate women and try to prevent them from accessing healthcare to which they are legally entitled.”<\/p>\n

‘Healthcare?’ \u00a0Ripping an unborn child out of its mother’s womb is not ‘healthcare’. \u00a0It’s infanticide.<\/p>\n

Prov 6:16\u00a0 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him. 17\u00a0 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ealing Council could set a trend<\/h2>\n

More than 300 people wrote to the council describing the pro-life protesters as “intimidating and harassing”. \u00a0In response, ‘those against abortion have said women are not being offered enough alternatives.’<\/p>\n

\"Cllr<\/a>
Cllr Julian Bell (Labour)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A report presented to the council cabinet concluded that, following unsuccessful attempts to negotiate an informal “safe zone” near the clinic entrance, a public spaces protection order was appropriate.<\/p>\n

The report also refers to “continued deployment of policing resources” outside the clinic. \u00a0This was an “unusual and unnecessary use of local policing resources that could be deployed elsewhere”. \u00a0But it seems the police were there to prevent trouble from pro-abortionists.<\/p>\n

The BBC says the decision ‘could pave the way for other councils to follow suit.’ \u00a0Council leader Julian Bell said he felt the cabinet had done “absolutely” the right thing. \u00a0He said: “I believe that this is something that’s long been needed. \u00a0So it feels good that we are actually breaking the ground with this and leading the way. \u00a0“I’m personally a practising Christian myself and so I think it’s important to recognise that this is about protecting women from harassment and intimidation.”<\/p>\n

Sham consultation<\/h2>\n

Elizabeth Howard, a spokeswoman for Be Here for Me<\/a><\/strong>, said: “It’s what we expected, after really what can only be described as a sham consultation by the council.<\/p>\n

Index on Censorship agrees<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0The free-speech lobby group points out the\u00a0consultation on exclusion zones ‘was not open to non residents of the borough’.<\/p>\n

Moreover, it says the zone ‘sets a dangerous precedent that could have far-reaching impacts on the right to protest and freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

‘There are alternative legal remedies already on the books that can be used to police harassing and intimidating behaviour, as Ealing\u2019s own options document<\/a> pointed out.’<\/p>\n

‘unlawful and disproportionate’<\/h2>\n

Index on Censorship goes on: \u00a0‘The use of buffer zones to prevent protests could be used against all forms of speech \u2013 including those that wish to protest on environmental or political issues, for example.’<\/p>\n

Additionally, they say they wrote the leader of the Ealing Council in March. \u00a0In their letter, they described the zones as ‘potentially unlawful and disproportionate’.<\/p>\n

Ealing says: ‘Councillors agreed that the need to provide safe, unimpeded access to the clinic in the safe zone can be balanced with the Equality Act and the European Convention on Human Rights.’ \u00a0Whether that is true may well soon be decided in a court of law.<\/p>\n

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