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Buffer zone campaigners: 'We couldn't have done it without brave women's voices'

THE saying goes that people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

The National (Scotland)

Campaigner fears new law could allow Scottish ministers to reduce buffer zone sizes

FEARS have been raised about powers Scottish ministers could have to reduce the size of buffer zones around abortion clinics if fresh legislation is…

The National (Scotland)

'It feels more real': Buffer zones campaigners welcome long-awaited progress

CAMPAIGNERS have said that long-awaited progress on buffer zones makes it “feel more real” after almost three years of calling for anti-protest…

The National (Scotland)

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Activists call for whip removal from SNP MSP after he takes part in pro-life protest

AN SNP MSP has been photographed participating in an anti-abortion protest in Edinburgh.

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Pro-choice campaigners call for more urgency on buffer zones bill

FRUSTRATED pro-choice campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to make implementing buffer zones around abortion clinics an urgent…

The National (Scotland)

SNP leadership candidates urged to commit to abortion clinic buffer zones

Concerns that Scotland lagging behind rest of UK as anti-abortion protests continue outside clinics

The Guardian - UK

Kate Forbes 'won't change abortion law in Scotland' if she becomes first minister

Campaigners have called for abortion provision to be extended and decriminalised after powers were given to Holyrood in 2016

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Anti-abortion group slammed for 'harassment' of women launch recruitment drive for clinic protestors

The recruitment drive comes after the UK Supreme Court upheld the ban on protests outside medical facilities providing abortion services in Northern Ireland.

Daily Record

‘Protesters just scream abuse’: the campaigners battling to make UK abortion clinics safer

Too many women complain of being harassed on their way to abortion services. The group Back Off Scotland is fighting back

The Guardian - UK

'Deeply unsettling' precedent set on abortion rights in new Cabinet, campaign group says

CAMPAIGN group Back Off Scotland have said there is a “deeply unsettling” precedent being set in Liz Truss’s new cabinet when it comes to…

The National (Scotland)

Anti-abortion protestors spark fury after gathering outside Glasgow's QUEH

Angry campaigners have slammed the group after they were pictured outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

Daily Record

Back Off Scotland reinforces need for buffer zones amidst anti-abortion protest

AN ANTI-ABORTION protest is yet again taking place outside of Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The National (Scotland)

Calls for anti-abortion buffer zones grow - but campaigners say decision can't be made locally

Back Off Scotland has raised concerns that anti-abortion protestors could travel to different local authorities if protest-free buffer zones aren't implemented across the country.

Glasgow Live

Abortion laws in Scotland and what they mean for thousands of women across the country

With the recent overturning of the constitutional right to abortion in America, the conversation this side of the pond has turned to our own laws surrounding abortion.

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The National (Scotland)

BBC Scotland under fire for platforming anti-abortion 'hate group'

THE BBC has come under fire for handing a platform to an anti-abortion “hate group” on a Scotland news show.

The Guardian - UK

It isn’t just the US: abortion barriers in Britain are forcing women to travel miles for treatment

In Scotland and Northern Ireland, access to second-trimester abortions still depends on a damaging postcode lottery, says writer Rachel Connolly

The National (Scotland)

'Abortion protesters made me feel patronised,' says woman as buffer zone pressure mounts

IT was October 2019 when Alice Murray unexpectedly fell pregnant aged 20. She had just returned to the University of Edinburgh for her third year…

Glasgow Live

Glasgow anti-abortion protests 'escalating' due to lack of government action

Pro-choice campaigners fear for women trying to access health care due to the number of protestors lining the street facing the maternity unit at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

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