Scotland Drops Case Against Pro‑Life ‘Silent Vigil’ Grandmother– www.standingforfreedom.com In a win for free speech and the pro-life movement, the criminal case against a 75-year-old Scottish grandmother for holding a sign in a censored area has been dropped. Rose Docherty, a native of Glasgow and a pro-lifer, was the first person arrested under Scotland’s newly enacted buffer zone law. She was detained on February 19, 2025, outside Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for standing quietly with a sign that read: “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.” The government characterized her actions as a “silent vigil” and an “anti-abortion protest,” though her sign said nothing about the topic.
