'Buffer zone' banning anti-abortion protests outside Fallowfield clinic approved - but could face legal challenge

06.10.2020 - 15:30

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Plans to ban anti-abortion protests oustide a clinic in Fallowfield have moved a step closer after the city council agreed to introduce a ‘buffer zone’ around the premises.Staff and patients of the Marie Stopes clinic on Wynnstay Grove have endured ‘intimidation and harassment’ from anti-abortion protestors for more than a decade, the town hall has found.Shouts of ‘murderer’ and the throwing of ‘holy water’ have been reported outside the clinic, with some of those affected by the behaviour describing it as ‘emotionally and mentally draining’.The campaigners belong to the 40 Days For Live movement which sees people flock to the clinic every year for vigils which the group says are ‘peaceful, prayerful and legal’.But in the last two years.

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