Image: Scottish Green MSP Gillian Mackay who drew up the legislation banning protests at clinics. Getty Images
… They say they will not break Scotland’s new buffer zone law, that is, they have pledged to stay outside the 200m (656ft) buffer zone around all clinics and hospitals who provide abortion services. We shall see.
Last month a 74-year-old woman became the first person in Scotland to be arrested for protesting inside the buffer zone near the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
Editors’ note: One of the first times such a group came to the UK to protest, they were denied entry and sent back home on the next flight. Why has the government of today let them in?
SOURCE: BBC News, 5 March 2025.