Anti-abortion activists set up outside clinic ‘safe zones’ on first day of new law in England
Pro-choice campaigners welcome CPS guidance that ‘silent prayer’ is among the activities prohibited within the 150-metre buffer area
Anti-abortion activists have been taking up positions just outside new buffer zones around reproductive health clinics on the first day of a law coming into effect.
The safe access zones – which were initially approved by MPs in May last year – prohibit actions including the handing-out of anti-abortion leaflets within a 150-metre radius around centres in England and Wales.
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