Even pro-choice campaigners think abortion buffer zones have gone too far

Christians are being prosecuted for silent prayer and preaching the gospel, says Lois McLatchie-Miller. Now even passionate pro-choice campaigners are warning that abortion buffer zones have gone too far

An arrest over a silent prayer. A trial over a John 3:16 gospel message. Warnings that street preachers continue to be arrested across the country. 

The frequency of news stories about discrimination against Christians in the UK shows no sign of slowing. And as momentum has grown, even the UK’s most ardent pro-abortion voices have begun to recognise there’s a serious problem.

Writing in The Telegraph recently, Ella Whelan – a leading voice in the campaign for decriminalising abortion up to birth who describes herself as “passionately pro-choice” - argued tha…