A sexual health clinic in Glasgow is the latest target of anti-abortion campaigners who plan to launch 'an assault' on the building.
Members of fringe group the Scottish Family Party (SFP) congregated on Facebook to discuss 'bricking up' the Sandyford clinic in the city.
Pro-life protestors have repeatedly been spotted outside of the clinic, harassing women who are going to Sandyford for treatment and filmed others walking into the clinic, reports the Daily Record.
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During a live stream on the social media platform on Tuesday night ex-UKIP member, and now SFP leader, Richard Lucas spoke to party member Niall Fraser about their disturbing plot.
Fraser said: “On March 11 at 11am we are going to be protesting this horrific building. The plan is to brick it up. How do we stop kids entering the building? We have to block the entrance. We are going to impede people getting in to the building.”
Lucas then responds: “There are some valid forms of healthcare at Sandyford, but an awful lot of it is not - and we are going to make our feelings known.”
Fraser continues: “We need people of the resistance - a symbol that we are not going to take it anymore.
“I’m willing to do time for it. I won’t have Scottish kids, on an industrial scale pumped full of hormones, confused and ultimately abandoned after they go through this process. It is such a sick, disturbing situation.”
Fraser then states that he is will to 'do time' for his actions if police officers block his protest.
He said: “I am willing to do time for it if the police think that bricking the building up is a step too far.”
The fringe group, founded in 2017, states its core policies opposes both abortion and “transgender ideology”.
Their rally cry on social media comes as more people are calling for 'buffer zones' laws at abortion facilities to protect pregnant people from intimidation.
If granted, the legislation would make it illegal for pro-life activists to stage demonstrations within a 100m vicinity of any abortion clinic. The bid was brought forward by Scottish Greens health spokesperson Gillian Mackay, who blasted the Scottish Family Party footage as “disgusting”.
She told the Record: “This is a disgraceful and disgusting new low from an increasingly extreme group that masquerades as a political party. It has no place in a kind, caring and progressive Scotland.
“They are showing a total contempt for the safety, rights and wellbeing of service users and staff. It is intimidation and harassment, and it needs to be stopped. I am going to contact Police Scotland and ask them to urgently investigate.
“It also underlines exactly why we need to introduce buffer zones, to ensure that everyone can access reproductive healthcare without fear of obstruction.”
A spokesperson for pro-choice campaign group Back Off Scotland added: “These comments are shocking - they’re inflammatory and incite violence. Sandyford Services are used throughout the weekend and protests outside are a barrier to those seeking medical care.
“The quicker buffer zones are implemented the better. There is no place for this behaviour at healthcare sites.”
Gemma Clark, pro-choice campaigner, said: “It is chilling to see these threats against the Sandyford clinic. This clinic provides a range of essential services including counselling and sexual health tests for women and girls who have been subjected to rape and sexual assault.”
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