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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

Anti-abortion campaigner sentenced for breaching clinic ‘buffer zone’

Dr Livia Tossici-Bolt (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

An anti-abortion campaigner has said it is “dark day for Great Britain” after she was convicted for breaching a “buffer zone” outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic, while a charity said the case was “never about global politics”.

Livia Tossici-Bolt’s case was highlighted by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labour (DRL), a bureau within the US Department of State, which posted a statement on X saying: “We are monitoring her case. It is important that the UK respect and protect freedom of expression.”

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