Anti-abortion preacher told to "shut up"

A passenger dubbed "bookman" told a Christian anti-abortion preacher to "shut up" on a packed train in Sydney.

The passenger was reading a book when he confronted an evangelist on board the train, preaching to the commuters about saving their souls. 

Malcolm Frawley spoke to The Project on Sunday about the incident, saying he felt the need to address the 'intrusion'.

"I think the trigger for me was hearing this loud voice start to talk about our unborn children. And I wondered whether there might be some women in that carriage who might not be interested in a conversation about unborn children that was being conducted by a man," Frawley said.

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Malcolm told the evangelist, Phillip Blair, to keep his opinions to himself. 

A video of the incident is being shared on social platforms and Frawley is being called a hero for 'standing up' for the masses. 

In the video, Blair can be heard addressing commuters: "Hello Sydney, allow me three minutes of your time, if you don’t mind.

"We care more about saving the whales than we care about saving our unborn children."

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And as he continued, Frawley interrupts, "Yeah, thanks mate, thank you". Blair, shocked, carried on preaching, "Nope I’m not gonna stop because I love you that much. We have to return to living in a moral way."

Frawley, not willing to hear the rest of the sermon interjected again: "We don’t have to return to anything. You have no more right to anything more than anyone on this train. Just shut up."

Watch the tense confrontation below: