Scottish Greens launch bill to create protest-free zones outside abortion clinics

Healthcare staff and campaigners call for action in face of growing anti-abortion activity across Scotland

A Scottish Greens MSP has launched a member's bill at Holyrood to designate protest-free buffer zones outside abortion clinics as healthcare professionals and campaigners call for immediate action in the face of growing anti-abortion activity.

Launching the public consultation that begins the bill process, Gillian Mackay MSP said on Thursday that, while urgency was at the heart of the bill, it was also critical that any proposal be robust, after a similar bill for Northern Ireland was referred to the UK supreme court earlier this month.