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Renewed calls for abortion clinic buffer zones to protect women from abuse

Medical leaders have made a renewed call for legislation to protect women from “unacceptable” harassment and intimidation outside abortion clinics. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), which represents more than 14,000 UK ...

30 May 2022 at 01:05

Priest accuses Government of censoring ‘silent prayers’ near abortion clinic

A Catholic priest has accused the Government of “censoring the streets of the UK” and attempting to criminalise “silent prayer” after being cleared of charges claiming he intimidated service users near an abortion clinic. Father Sean Gough ...

16 Feb 2023 at 13:26

Kate Forbes: Women should not be in fear when attending abortion clinics

Kate Forbes has committed to ensuring women are free from harassment and fear around abortion clinics following a plea from campaigners. The Finance Secretary returned from maternity leave early to launch her bid to replace Nicola ...

20 Feb 2023 at 18:03

Kate Forbes said she would have voted against gay marriage

SNP lead candidate Kate Forbes said she would have voted against gay marriage in Scotland at the time it was made legal almost a decade ago. The finance secretary, one of the two frontrunners to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP ...

20 Feb 2023 at 20:22

Abortion clinic safe access zones ‘must be priority for next government’

Getting safe access zones outside abortion clinics up and running quickly would be a “quick, easy win” for a new government, campaigners said. Final guidance on how so-called buffer zones would work under the Public Order ...

28 May 2024 at 18:01

Scotland

Abortion clinic buffer zones law to take effect from September 24

Legislation creating buffer zones around abortion clinics in Scotland, banning any protests or vigils there, will come into force on September 24. The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill was passed in ...

05 Sept 2024 at 09:47

Man convicted of breaching abortion clinic safe zone by silently praying

A former serviceman who silently prayed for his unborn son outside an abortion clinic has been convicted of breaching the safe zone around the centre. Adam Smith-Connor had his head bowed and hands clasped as he ...

16 Oct 2024 at 17:08

Fact check: Man was convicted for breaching abortion clinic’s safe zone

A widely seen thread on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, claimed that “a man was convicted for standing still, silently praying, in England”. Other posts about the same court case said the man had ...

18 Oct 2024 at 12:16

Vance takes swipe at UK in speech at Munich security summit

Vance condemns man’s conviction for silent prayer outside UK abortion clinic

The US vice-president has criticised the UK over a legal case in which a former serviceman who silently prayed outside an abortion clinic was convicted of breaching the safe zone around the centre. In a wider ...

14 Feb 2025 at 16:57

What are UK laws on abortion clinic ‘buffer zones’ and what has US been saying?

Laws around so-called buffer zones outside abortion clinics in the UK have come under the spotlight after the US State Department expressed concern over the case of a demonstrator. Here, the PA news agency ...

01 Apr 2025 at 10:59

Abortion clinic buffer zones: What has the US been saying and what is UK law?

The case of a woman accused of breaching a so-called buffer zone outside an abortion clinic in England has attracted attention at the highest levels of the US government. Here the PA news agency takes a ...

04 Apr 2025 at 11:34

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