A GRAN has been arrested for a second time over holding a sign near an abortion clinic offering to talk with women on their way into the baby-murdering facility.

Rose Docherty, 75, was quizzed by cops then led into a van by four officers for allegedly raising the placard in an anti-protest ‘buffer zone’ near Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

She became the first person lifted under new laws banning pro-life demonstrations within 200 metres of medical centres but faced no action after prosecutors dropped charges last month.

Ms Docherty was detained under the same rules this week for allegedly hoisting the poster reading: “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.”

She said: “Everybody has the right to engage in consensual conversation.

“I held my sign with love and compassion, inviting anyone who wants to chat, to do so and stood peacefully, not approaching anyone.

“I should not be treated as a criminal for inviting people to chat with me and lending a listening ear.

“Conversation is not forbidden on the streets of Glasgow.

“And yet, this is the second time I have been arrested for doing just that.”

Ms Docherty, of Bishopbriggs, was taken in by cops for holding the same sign she was arrested for holding in February. She was handcuffed and taken away but told allegations against her were dropped earlier this month.

Ms Docherty was arrested under a fresh charge on Wednesday.

The pensioner was held in a police cell for two hours without a chair, despite having had both hips replaced.

Her lawyer Lorcan Price, of ADF International, a global advocacy group providing legal support for persecuted Christians, insists she has done nothing wrong.

He said: “It’s deeply concerning that Scottish policing resources are being ploughed into arresting and prosecuting a peaceful grandmother offering to speak to people in public, rather than focusing on the problems caused by real crime in Glasgow.

“This is not a case about harassment, intimidation or violent protest — this is simply a grandmother, who held a sign offering to speak to anyone who would like to engage.”

Irish hospitals are providing insufficient care for several babies which have died after having been born alive following  ‘failed’ late-term abortions.

In response to a parliamentary question by Independent TD Ken O’Flynn, the Health Service Executive revealed that in 2022, twelve babies were born alive in Irish hospitals after attempted abortions and died shortly afterwards. Similarly, ten were born alive in 2020 surviving only briefly. Data was not given for other years.

In 2018, following the abortion referendum, TDs were accused of using “shock tactics” for suggesting that hospitals could be in a situation where ‘unwanted’ babies were born alive, and questioning what care would be provided for them.

O’Flynn said: “It is hard to fathom that babies are being born alive after abortions in Ireland and sadly you have to go round in circles just to get answers as to how the babies are treated once they come into this world.”

He called for “a lot more openness surrounding the medical care given to or withheld from the babies in these appalling situations.”

He added: “The answer to my parliamentary question should serve as the beginning, not the end, of the flow of information.”

The Pro Life Campaign posted on social media: “12 babies were BORN ALIVE after abortion in Ireland in a single year. This raises serious questions about what medical care they were given – or denied – before they died. Their short lives DEMAND accountability.”

Assisted suicide risks the coercion of the sick and vulnerable, author JK Rowling has warned in a post on X to her 14 million followers.

She wrote in response to a comment accusing her of being “fixed” in her beliefs. As well as assisted suicide, she added that she no longer thinks cannabis is harmless, and is undecided on her religious beliefs.

Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is currently progressing through the Scottish Parliament. If the Bill becomes law, those who have been resident in Scotland for at least twelve months could get help from a medic to kill themselves if they are deemed to be terminally ill.

JK Rowling wrote in the post: “I used to believe in assisted dying.

“I no longer do, largely because I’m married to a doctor who opened my eyes to the possibilities of coercion of sick or vulnerable people.”

She also stated: “I used to believe cannabis was essentially harmless. I no longer do because I’ve witnessed it wreaking havoc on someone I care about’s mental health.”

A Peer with a disability has said the legalisation of assisted suicide “puts a price on my head”, as the Bill continues to make its way through the House of Lords.

Speaking during the second day of Second Reading of the assisted suicide Bill in the House of Lords, Lord Shinkwin, who was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, called the Bill “the stuff of nightmares”, saying, “There are savings to be made should assisted dying be introduced. This Bill effectively puts a price on my head”.

Lord Shinkwin continued, saying that should the Bill “become law and precedents set elsewhere apply in the UK over time, I face the realistic possibility, as a severely disabled person, of being killed as a result of legislation passed by this House”.

Shinkwin also highlighted the spoken contribution of former Prime Minister, Theresa May, who now sits in the House of Lords, in which she referred to the Bill as “the ‘Licence to Kill Bill’”. He said that Baroness May “is right: it gives the state a licence to kill the wrong type of people. I am the wrong type”.

Unborn babies in Poland are now in more danger than at any time since the Fall of Communism. They are being butchered by government order, with public funds, in violation of Poland’s law and Constitution.

When, in mid-2024, the government lost the votes on the proposed abortion bills, the minister of health, Izabela Leszczyna, issued unlawful guidelines recommending that hospitals murder Poles in their mothers’ wombs on the basis of certificates from psychiatrists about a broadly interpreted threat to mental health.

As a result, the situation in Poland is close to a de facto legalization of abortion “on demand.” Even “threats to the mother’s health and life,” such as… adjustment disorders associated with taking on a new role in life, can serve as a pretext for abortion up to the moment of birth.

No wonder that, even among psychiatrists, the government’s guidelines have sparked protests – although many have no qualms about pocketing blood money for “referrals to death.” You can get certificates during an e-visit – after a perfunctory interview, but for a hefty fee. Moreover, the Polish health ministry has prohibited hospitals from challenging even obviously baseless medical certificates.

At the same time, the government and the National Health Fund (NFZ) consistently violate the consciences of doctors who are faithful to the mission of defending life. After all, many doctors don’t want to be complicit in mass murder. To crush any resistance, Poland’s left-liberal government imposes draconian financial penalties on hospitals where doctors refuse to poison, dismember, or suffocate babies during a forced premature delivery.

The killings could be halted. Government lawlessness and mass abortion can be stopped by a ruling of the country’s Constitutional Tribunal. Admittedly, the “guidelines” are not a legal act, but the Constitutional Tribunal has in the past reviewed acts of state authorities that purported to be sources of binding law. It can also do it this time. Pro-Lifers in Poland are working hard to get this done. We wish them well and pray for their success.

In a significant win for opponents of the assisted suicide Bill, following the second day of Second Reading of the Bill in the House of Lords, Peers have approved the establishment of a dedicated select committee to further scrutinise the Bill’s proposals, with the commencement of the Bill’s formal Committee Stage being delayed until the select committee has reported.

Last week, Baroness Berger tabled an amendment that delayed the commencement of the Bill’s Committee Stage until a select committee had reported. This was branded by supporters of the Bill as a “wrecking amendment” and dismissed by Lord Falconer as not “workable”. 

However, on Wednesday of this week, in a significant U-turn, Lord Falconer made a major concession, agreeing that he would now back a new amendment tabled by Baroness Berger that would, in fact, still delay the commencement of the Bill’s Committee Stage until a select committee had reported. 

This has been called a “significant win” for opponents of the Bill by Politico Playbook. Commentators have said this clearly showed that Falconer and supporters did not have the numbers to vote down the amendment, and so conceded. 

This followed another strong majority of Peers speaking against the Bill on day two of Second Reading.

An analysis of the speeches across both days one and two of Second Reading, completed by Right To Life UK’s Policy Team, found that of the 155 peers who took a position on the Bill, 104 (67%) spoke in opposition and 51 (33%) spoke in favour. This represents more than double the number of Peers speaking in opposition to the Bill compared to those who supported it. A further five Peers did not take a position.

Some prayers are now “unlawful” in New South Wales, Australia, the Attorney General has admitted.

Michael Daley confirmed that some prayers are illegal, in response to a question from politician Susan Carter, who raised concerns over the Conversion Practices Ban Act. Daley implied that this could even include silent prayer, when Carter raised it as an example.

The Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 took effect on 4 April. Anyone accused of “changing or suppressing” another’s gender identity or sexual orientation could be fined up to $100,000 as part of the civil complaints scheme. If the person was deemed to cause “substantial” mental or physical harm, they could be sentenced up to five years in prison.

A video publicising the law, released by Anti-Discrimination NSW, states that ‘conversion practices’ could resemble “prayer or pastoral conversation that is intended to change or suppress someone’s gender or sexuality”.

Carter quoted guidance from Anti-Discrimination NSW, and accused the NSW Government of putting limits on people’s prayers, stating it “sounds like a prohibition on prayer does it not? Prayer is lawful, unless it is about a matter which has been declared unlawful.”

Daley talked around the issue, but said: “If it’s an unlawful prayer, then it’s not a lawful prayer.”

From abortion to euthanasia, the enthusiasm of the left for killing and death continues to become ever more blatant. A young author named Oli Dugmore, writing in the latest issue of the socialist New Statesman, just let it all out.

Under the delightful headline “Let Them Die”, the author sets out, with brutal candour, the reasons why he thinks assisted suicide is so urgently needed. Among others: we’ve got far too many old people, and they’re costing us far too much money.

“The UK population is ageing,” he writes. “And if we don’t maintain high levels of immigration, ironically opposed by most older people, then it’s hard to overstate the demographic problem.” For one thing, there’s “the big fat juicy triple lock on pensions (reminder: which no other benefit is afforded)”. Then there’s “the increasing bill for the NHS and care sectors”. Assisted suicide “would appear to mitigate some of those problems”.

He dismisses objections from Christians about the “alleged” sanctity of life (“I do not believe in the big man in the sky”), arguing religion should be kept separate from a secular democracy. Anyway, he goes on, plenty of older people would actually love the chance to die, because they don’t wish to become “a burden” – and they know how eager their children are to get their hands on their savings.

If his parents are still alive, but happen to "die suddenly", the police will know who to call on first!