Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, pictured in an undated photo,
was arrested in March 2023, for praying silently outside an
abortion facility in Birmingham, England. Photo: OSV News
/courtesy ADF UK. When Isabel Vaughan-Spruce stood silently praying near an abortion facility in Birmingham, she did not expect to become a test case for the limits of public expression. Yet a few years on, her case remains ongoing, with a trial expected later this year under the UK’s buffer zone legislation. What began as a single arrest…
