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PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: A pro-life activist was found guilty of violating a “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic in Britain and received a two-year conditional discharge, along with the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars in fines.
👥 Who’s Involved: Livia Tossici-Bolt, a retired medical scientist, Poole Magistrates’ Court, District Judge Orla Austin, the U.S. Department of State, and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS).
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📍 Where & When: Poole Magistrates’ Court in Bournemouth, England. The decision was announced on April 4 after incidents in March 2023.
💬 Key Quote: Livia Tossici-Bolt stated, “This is a dark day for Great Britain. I was not protesting and did not harass or obstruct anyone.”
⚠️ Impact: The case has raised concerns regarding freedom of expression, as highlighted by U.S. officials.
IN FULL:
A British judge has convicted a pro-life campaigner, Livia Tossici-Bolt, for breaching a “buffer zone” around an abortion clinic. The 64-year-old woman was handed a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay the equivalent of $25,700 toward court costs, alongside a $33,400 victim surcharge, for her actions outside the abortionist facility in March 2023. The so-called buffer zone, established by the municipal government, spans 10 streets.
District Judge Orla Austin emphasized the need to “balance” freedom of expression under the European Convention on Human Rights with the rights of women visiting abortionists. The court found Tossici-Bolt guilty of displaying a sign simply saying, “Here to talk, if you want.”
Tossici-Bolt expressed dismay over the ruling, saying, “This is a dark day for Great Britain. I was not protesting and did not harass or obstruct anyone.”
Her case caught the attention of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labour (DRL). “We are monitoring her case. It is important that the UK respect and protect freedom of expression,” the bureau said.
The United Kingdom has some of the strictest laws in the Western world regarding abortion clinics. People have even been arrested and convicted for as little as silently praying in their heads near abortionists.
Last year, a poll of members of the British parliament revealed a majority wanted to decriminalize abortion all the way up to birth.
PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) reportedly accepted approximately $400,000 from Political Action Committees (PACs) despite previously claiming to have taken no money from such sources.
👥 Who’s Involved: Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and various PAC donors, as well as telecom companies like AT&T and labor unions.
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📍 Where & When: The financial disclosures relate to contributions between July 5 and December 31, 2020; Crockett ran for state representative and subsequently for Congress.
💬 Key Quote: Professor Matthew Foster remarked, “Democrats are more sensitive to this. They know people look at their contributions and use them against them.”
⚠️ Impact: The revelations raise questions about Crockett’s campaign financing claims.
IN FULL:
Far-left Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is being accused of having lied while serving in the Texas state legislature, publicly claiming in a 2020 post on Twitter (now known as X) that she does not accept campaign contributions from corporate Political Action Committees (PACs). However, the recent disclosure of campaign finance documents reveals Crockett has received nearly $400,000 in campaign contributions from PACs. Notably, in 2020, while Crockett publicly declared that she didn’t take corporate money, campaign filings show she received contributions from at least 22 entities described as PACs.
While serving in the Texas state legislature, Crockett received contributions from numerous corporate PACs, including telecom giant AT&T and a Wholesale Beer PAC. More recently, as a member of Congress, the Texas Democrat has more openly accepted corporate cash, with over $370,000 in federal PAC contributions since she was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022. Among her corporate backers are major pharmaceutical companies, including AbbVie and Gilead Sciences, powerful financial firms like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, and even defense contractors like Lockheed Martin.
Even more concerning, Congresswoman Crockett has accepted numerous overseas junket trips financed by foreign governments and business consortiums. In February 2023, Crockett participated in a foreign junket to Doha, Qatar, costing around $17,500. The junket and expenses were covered by the U.S. Qatar Business Council, a Qatari entity that advocates for increased trade and investment between the United States and the Persian Gulf state, which is accused of being a major financier of Islamist terror groups, including Hamas. Similar trips, sponsored by Indian and Emirati authorities, were also noted in her financial disclosures for that year.
Crockett’s reversal on accepting corporate PAC contributions could become a political liability for the Congresswoman. In a recent media interview, American University professor Matthew Foster noted, “Democrats are more sensitive to this. They know people look at their contributions and use them against them.” He added: “Clearly [Crockett] thinks that issue is a big deal and a way to resonate with voters—so if what they put out there was false, it’s a great opportunity for the opposition to run on that.”
More recently, the Texas Congresswoman has faced significant criticism from both Republicans and Democrats after she made derogatory comments about Texas Governor Gregg Abbott (R). The National Pulse reported last week that Crockett, while speaking at a Human Rights Campaign event in Los Angeles, referred to the disabled and wheelchair-bound Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels.”
Subsequently, Crockett has dubiously claimed the derogatory nickname for Gov. Abbott was in reference to his use of buses to send illegal immigrants from Texas to Democrat-run cities like Chicago and New York. However, it is widely reported that the far-left Texas Democrat has referred to Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels” for years and well before he began bussing illegal immigrants out of his state.
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