Buffer zone to be set up outside Bournemouth abortion clinic

Anyone caught protesting or harassing visitors or staff could incur fixed penalty notice of 100

An extensive buffer zone is being put in place around a clinic in Dorset in order to prevent anti-abortion campaigners harassing service users and staff.

The zone will cover six streets around the British Pregnancy Advice Service clinic in Bournemouth and will be in force for 12 hours a day, five days a week for the next three years.