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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Women still being harassed at abortion clinics despite buffer zone law

Protesters carrying placards reading: ‘Abortion destroys the freedom to live – March for Life UK’.
Protests such as this one in London in September 2023 are illegal within 150 metres of an abortion clinic. Photograph: Loredana Sangiuliano/Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Women using abortion clinics are still being harassed despite MPs voting a year ago to create buffer zones to stop protesters intimidating them, medical and abortion groups say.

Suella Braverman, the home secretary, has failed to “commence” the legislation to introduce buffer zones in England and Wales, even though parliament approved the move on 18 October last year.

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