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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Calls for buffer zones around abortion clinics in Scotland after protests

Young Communist League members supporting the pro-choice campaign in Edinburgh
Young Communist League members supporting the pro-choice campaign on 23 April, the anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act becoming law. Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Alamy Live News

The Scottish government is facing growing calls to impose buffer zones around abortion clinics amid fears that potential changes to abortion rights in the US are emboldening anti-choice protesters.

A leaked US draft supreme court ruling overturning Roe v Wade has sharpened anxieties over delays in implementing the SNP’s 2021 manifesto pledge to support local authorities to establish protest-free zones around clinics.

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