Carrying a Bible in Northern Ireland hospitals could be a crime under abortion buffer zone laws

Carrying a Bible or praying at a patient's bedside inside Northern Ireland hospitals could be treated as a crime if it violates abortion buffer zone laws , according to newly issued police guidance in the U.K. On July 2, the Police Service of Northern Ireland ("PSNI") issued a written response to the Northern Ireland Policing Board clarifying the scope of the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act (Northern Ireland) 2023 and its impact on hospital clergy and religious ministry. The law prohib