Abortion clinics in England and Wales will now be protected from activists seeking to harass patients. MPs voted 297 to 110, a 187 majority, in favour of putting buffer zones around abortion clinics.
Abortion clinics in England and Wales will now be protected from activists seeking to harass patients.The proposed amendment to the Public Order Bill will make it an offence to interfere or intimidate those accessing or providing abortion services.
Those convicted could face up to six months in jail for a first offence or two years for further offences. Clare Murphy, chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service , said: ‘Every year around 100,000 women are treated by a clinic or hospital for an abortion that is targeted by anti-abortion protests.
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