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Protests outside abortion clinics in Scotland should be banned under new laws, a committee says
People take part in an anti-abortion protest, organised by 40 Days For Life, on Hardgate Road, close to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, February 14, 2024
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PROTESTS outside abortion clinics in Scotland should be banned under new laws to protect women from intimidation and harassment, a Scottish government committee has decided.
Holyrood’s health, social care and sport committee supported a Bill proposing the creation of “buffer zones” around clinics in which anti-abortion protests would be prohibited.
The proposals are contained in an Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill put forward by Scottish Green MSP Gillian Mackay.
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