Buffer zone to be set up outside Bournemouth abortion clinic

The buffer zone around the abortion clinic in Bournemouth will be in force for 12 hours a day, five days a week. Photograph: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS/The Guardian

An extensive buffer zone is being put in place around a clinic in Dorset in order to prevent anti-abortion campaigners harassing service users and staff.

The zone will cover six streets around the British Pregnancy Advice Service clinic in Bournemouth and will be in force for 12 hours a day, five days a week for the next three years.