Buffer Zones

A retired medical scientist will be tried for breaching a “buffer zone” after holding a sign offering to talk to women outside an abortion facility in Bournemouth.

A representative for Police Scotland has told a Holyrood committee that laws already exist to deal with any criminal behavior outside abortion facilities, adding that it hasn’t identified any such crimes.

The French Parliament this week voted to make abortion a constitutional right, making it the first nation in the world to guarantee the right to kill unborn children up to 14 weeks.

A Holyrood health committee is currently hearing evidence for and against the implementation of buffer zones in Scotland, with SPUC due to appear later this month.

Half of mothers who have abortions say that the cost of childcare is the main reason for aborting a child, a devastating survey has found, warning that “We’re running out of babies”.

Roman Catholics in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland have voiced their strong opposition to the proposed imposition of buffer zones that would criminalise pro-life activity. “Religious freedom is under serious threat”, warned one Catholic group.

On 18 October 22, MPs voted by 297 votes to 110 to add an amendment tabled by Stella Creasy MP introducing so-called buffer zones to the Public Order Bill. The Act was signed into law in May 2023, but Section 9, which concerns buffer zones, has not yet been put…

In its written submission to the Scottish consultation of buffer zones, SPUC slammed the proposed legislation as being “motivated by a desire to prohibit the public expression of opinions that supporters of the Bill find intolerable”.

In a bid to defend the right to peaceful pro-life advocacy, SPUC is rallying pro-life advocates and urging them to participate in the ongoing Scottish Government Consultation on buffer zones.

SPUC has launched a new petition calling on Humza Yousaf to reject illiberal buffer zones in Scotland. All SPUC supporters, and anyone else, are encouraged to add their name to the petition.

Buffer zones, referred as “safe access zones”, were imposed on Northern Ireland last week.

Suella Braverman has told police around the country that “silent prayer, within itself, is not unlawful”, including outside abortion facilities.

Last night, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) reacted with disappointment after MPs voted to ban even silent prayer around abortion facilities.