Silent prayer in buffer zones around abortion clinics will not necessarily be a criminal offence, says guidance by the Crown Prosecution Service. The advice for police and prosecutors said silent ...

Silent prayer will not be automatically banned in new protected zones around abortion clinics in England and Wales coming into force on Thursday. Instances will be dealt with on a case-by-case ...

Your support makes all the difference. Campaigners have hit out at the decision not to automatically ban silent prayer outside abortion clinics when new buffer zones are implemented today.

So-called buffer zones outside abortion clinics across England and Wales are now in place. Silent prayer, which has been a point of contention, is not an automatic offence but people doing this ...

The Crown Prosecution Service says silent prayer near an abortion clinic “will not necessarily commit a criminal offense,” and police say they will assess each case individually.

The buffer zone rule was passed 18 months ago as part of the previous Conservative government’s Public Order Act, but wrangling over whether it would apply to silent prayer protests, and a ...