New law creates huge ‘buffer zones’ around abortion clinics in Scotland
September 25, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Pro-lifers risk fines of £10,000 ($13,325) for any form of demonstrations within 218 feet of an abortion clinic, under the terms of a draconian new law that took effect in Scotland today.
Police approached two women who were praying the Rosary outside a Glasgow hospital where abortions are performed, and told them that their silent prayer was a violation of the new law. The women eventually left the scene.
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children said: “Scotland has just taken a colossal step backwards for civil liberties, establishing itself as the most illiberal and anti-free speech nation in the Western world.”
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