def redirect(
    to, headers=None, status=302, content_type="text/html; charset=utf-8"
):
    """Abort execution and cause a 302 redirect (by default).

    :param to: path or fully qualified URL to redirect to
    :param headers: optional dict of headers to include in the new request
    :param status: status code (int) of the new request, defaults to 302
    :param content_type: the content type (string) of the response
    :returns: the redirecting Response
    """
    headers = headers or {}

    # URL Quote the URL before redirecting
    safe_to = quote_plus(to, safe=":/%#?&=@[]!$&'()*+,;")

    # According to RFC 7231, a relative URI is now permitted.
    headers["Location"] = safe_to

    return HTTPResponse(
        status=status, headers=headers, content_type=content_type
    )