NEWPORT, Wales, July 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Pro-Life Party candidate for the Welsh Assembly faces new public disorder charges for displaying an image of a baby aborted at 21 weeks, in her South Wales East by-election campaign. Fiona Pinto, a 23-year-old political researcher, expects to be charged under the Public Order Act. “We were not being disorderly,” said Pinto. “There were four police officers, two city rangers and … only two of us, and we both had our hands full. As a political party, we will never use violence or harassment. We have to work democratically.” Last week, one police officer called the image “one of the most gross, upsetting and totally despicable sights I have ever seen.” But Pinto said if people found the image shocking, that was a reason why abortion should be illegal. For local coverage: https://www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk/news/barnet/display.var.386154.0.prolife_candidate_in_court.php For more background on Fiona Pinto from the Goan Voice UK: https://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2003-18/supp1/fionapinto.html
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Candidate For Welsh Assembly Faces Charges for Displaying Aborted Baby Image
NEWPORT, Wales, July 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Pro-Life Party candidate for the Welsh Assembly faces new public disorder charges for displaying an image of a baby aborted at 21 weeks, in her South Wales East by-election campaign. Fiona Pinto, a 23-year-old political researcher, expects to be charged under the Public Order Act. “We were not being disorderly,” said Pinto. “There were four police officers, two city rangers and … only two of us, and we both had our hands full. As a political party, we will never use violence or harassment. We have to work democratically.” Last week, one […]
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