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

SNP leadership candidates urged to commit to abortion clinic buffer zones

Scottish Green party MSP Gillian Mackay holding a placard stating 'bufferzones.scot'
The Scottish Green party MSP Gillian Mackay is behind a Holyrood member’s bill that would set up safe access zones around healthcare settings that provide abortion services. Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty Images

Pro-choice campaigners are urging all Scottish National party leadership candidates to commit to accelerating the imposition of protest-free buffer zones around abortion clinics, as healthcare professionals describe the “remorseless” impact of anti-choice activity on their working lives.

Amid growing concern that Scotland is trailing behind the rest of the UK, after safe access zones passed their final parliamentary hurdle in the Commons last week, there was a protest and counter-protest outside the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow at the weekend. The clinic offers a range of services including abortion, support for sexual assault victims and transgender healthcare.

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