Clive Johnston was not speaking about abortion or carrying any signs at the edge of a buffer zone near Coleraine’s Causeway Hospital, yet was found guilty for preaching in Northern Ireland.
Claire Brennan, a 54-year-old mother of four, faces three charges under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act after praying outside Coleraine’s Causeway Hospital.
Despite abortion not being mentioned in the sermon, police, prosecutors, and activists seem to collectively recognize that the Christian message and the practice of abortion are at odds.
Demanding a ‘fair trial,’ pro-lifer Claire Brennan said when she discovered the judge’s ‘past activism on abortion’ she knew it was ‘not right that he should be presiding’ over the case.
An amendment allowing women who had miscarriages or stillbirths to apply for a certificate recognizing the loss of a baby would have been extended to those regretting an abortion.
Ulster Protestant Jim Shannon asked 'the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Holy See on the future of the Tridentine Mass at the Chartres pilgrimage in France.'
Claire Brennan was fined £750 ($953) by the Coleraine Magistrate Court on Monday for praying and holding a pro-life sign outside of an abortion mill in Northern Ireland. ‘No men have the right to take life,’ Brennan told the court.