MEDIATION between anti-abortion protestors and clinic users could have been commissioned to protect buffer zone laws from any legal challenge, the MSP behind the legislation has suggested.
The Scottish Government provoked a backlash last month when a contract award notice published online showed it had paid for the services of a civic mediation company – the Centre for Good Relations – “to support dialogue between parties who hold vigils and protests outside of abortion clinics, and those who are affected by them”.
