Prosecuted for Praying: Abortion Battle Lines in Northern Ireland

Prosecuted for Praying: Abortion Battle Lines in Northern Ireland

Claire Brennan, a 54-year-old Catholic mother of four, went on trial on January 5 in Coleraine Magistrate’s Court in Northern Ireland for the second time. In October 2023, she was arrested for praying outside the Causeway Hospital with fellow Christian David Hall, who uses a wheelchair. Those charges are under appeal. She is now being charged with three more counts of violating the Abortion Services Act in September, October, and November last y…