A WOMAN has called out anti-abortion protesters who have started a series of "vigils" outside a Glasgow hospital.
On Wednesday, a handful of activists from the 40 Days for Life group were seen close to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where they are set to protest for the next 40 days.
Following the introduction of the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act last year, anti-choice protesters are now banned from standing within 200m of a clinic where abortion care is offered.
El Johnstone, who lives nearby, saw the group from her bedroom window before she crossed the road and told the group: “You should be ashamed of yourselves.”
Referring to the hospital, she said: “You have no idea what the women there have gone through or are going through, you do not know. You have no respect for the women, you don’t care about the women.”
Speaking to media afterwards, Johnstone, who has experience of miscarriage, said: “I woke up this morning and went to have my breakfast and could see this from my bedroom window. I’m not receiving the healthcare and this has upset me so much.
“So imagine if you were going through a horrible, horrible decision in your life, and you’re faced with this.
"You can pray in your church. You can pray in your houses. You do not need to come and pray outside a healthcare facility and upset everybody who’s going there.
"They still know what they're doing, it's disgusting."
Johnstone added that the buffer zone should be expanded so campaigners cannot be in the vicinity of the hospital.
