(PCN) A Christian mother who became the first person convicted under Northern Ireland’s abortion “safe access zone” laws has had her conviction overturned after the case collapsed in court.
Claire Brennan, from Ballymena, had been found guilty of breaching the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act 2023 after she was accused of praying and speaking to women outside Causeway Hospital in Coleraine.
But at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court, District Judge King quashed the conviction after key witnesses failed to appear and the remaining evidence was ruled insufficient to support the charge.
The case related to alleged incidents in 2025, with Brennan accused of “influencing” people within a 150-metre buffer zone around the hospital. Prosecutors relied on CCTV and written statements, but were unable to prove she had approached one of the complainants.
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This article was written by Kelly Valencia and published at Premiere Christian News.
