UK Pro-Life Volunteer Faces Trial for Offering to Talk to Women Facing Crisis Pregnancies

A U.K. pro-life volunteer is facing trial after offering to talk with women experiencing crisis pregnancies by holding up a sign near an abortion clinic that read, “Here to talk if you want to.”

Livia Tossici-Bolt, a former clinical scientist and leader of 40 Days for Life Bournemouth, held the sign near an abortion facility in Bournemouth, and several women freely engaged in conversation with her, Alliance Defending Freedom International reports.

The simple act led local authorities to confront Tossici-Bolt alleging she had breached the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) which was passed in October 2022 by the Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole city councils.

As CBN News reported, PSPOs give police officers authority to address protesting, graphic, verbal, or written conduct, prayer, or counseling that engages in acts of approving or disapproving issues related to abortion. 

Authorities issued a Fixed Penalty Notice to Tossici-Bolt, but the 62-year-old refused to pay the fine claiming she did not breach the terms of the PSPO but that she offered consensual conversation protected under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act. 

“There’s nothing wrong with offering help. There’s nothing wrong with two adults engaging in a consensual conversation on the street. I shouldn’t be treated

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