Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, 48, accepted that she was present outside The Robert Clinic in Birmingham but denies the charge against her. During a hearing at Birmingham Magistrates' Court, she pleaded not guilty to standing in the clinic's buffer zone on June 13, July 2, October 6 and November 6 2025 intending that, or being reckless as to whether it had the effect of influencing a person’s decision to access, provide or facilitate the provision of abortion services. READ MORE: Operations cancelled as hospital declares internal critical incidentADF International, an Christian advocacy group, which is providing the defendant with legal support, said West Midlands Police had charged her for "silently praying in a buffer zone". Vaughan-Spruce, of Geraldine Road in Malvern, may face a trial in January 2027. The charity volunteer previously appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court in February 2023 alongside Catholic priest Father Sean Gough, charged with four charges of failing to comply with a Public Spaces Protection Order.