Compassion ‘criminalised’
Buffer zones around abortion clinics are to be introduced in England and Wales after an amendment to the Public Order Bill was passed in the Lords. In its prior form, the draft legislation breached human rights law; the amendment rectifies that issue.
Nicola Laver
The amendment makes it an offence to engage in any act which has the effect of ‘influencing any person’s decision to access, provide or facilitate the provision of abortion services’. Offenders face an unlimited fine.
