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'Intimidating' anti-abortion protests to start outside of Scots clinics for 40 days

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A "disappointing" six-week anti-abortion protest that could have an "intimidating effect" on service users has been called out by health professionals and pro-choice campaigners.

Texas-based organisation 40 Days For Life will begin a 40-day "prayer vigil" outside clinics offering abortion services in Scotland on September 28.Their latest protest will run from 8am - 8pm until November 6, with healthcare services being targeted in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Falkirk.

The group - who previously confirmed they had network of several hundred volunteers in Scotland - was set up in 2004 by people protesting at an abortion facility in Texas.They expanded their network through the southern states of America before infiltrating new countries to become a world-wide group.

Recent protests outside of the Sandyford Clinic have left patients extremely distressed as men with graphic banners and loudspeakers caused disruption.

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