Originally published at National Catholic Register
Adam Smith-Connor had approached a British Pregnancy Advisory Service abortion facility in Bournemouth, in the southwest English county of Dorset, in November 2022. He intended to pray for his unborn son, who had died in an abortion he helped procure at a similar facility more than two decades ago.
A British army veteran and Christian has been found guilty of praying silently outside of an abortion facility, with the pro-life advocate facing a near-$12,000 fine over the verdict.
The Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday found Adam Smith-Connor guilty of silent prayer, stemming from a demonstration he conducted in Bournemouth in 2022.
The court “sentenced Smith-Connor to a conditional discharge and ordered him to pay prosecution costs of £9,000” (about $11,700), Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International, said in a Wednesday press release.
The conditional discharge stipulates that Smith-Connor “will only be sentenced if he is convicted of any future offenses in the next two years,” ADF International said.
Smith-Connor had approached a British Pregnancy Advisory Service abortion facility in Bournemouth, in the southwest English county of Dorset, in November 2022. He intended to pray for his unborn son, who had died in an abortion he helped procure at a similar
