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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
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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