Adam Smith-Connor approached, then fined £100 while 'praying' outside abortion clinic in Bournemouth

 Moment Army veteran claims he was confronted for 'silently praying' outside abortion clinic for his 'dead son' as he fights £100 council fine for breaching exclusion zone in new free speech row

• Adam Smith-Connor approached while 'praying' outside clinic in Bournemouth
• Officer said he was in breach of terms of Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) 
• These can be introduced by officials to ban protests in vicinity of abortion clinics
  
  
  This is the moment an Army veteran claims he was questioned for 'silently praying' for his 'dead son' outside an abortion clinic as he fights a £100 council fine for breaching an order banning protests around the site. 

• Adam Smith-Connor, a 49-year-old physiotherapist from Southampton, says he was approached by two council officers as he stood on the pavement outside the BPAS clinic on Ophir Road in Bournemouth. 

  Mr Smith-Connor, who said his girlfriend had an abortion two decades ago, told the officers he was 'praying for my son', but one of them explained he was in breach of the terms of a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO). 

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