Traumatic, sinister and utterly shameful.
That’s how anti-abortion protests outside Scottish hospitals and clinics have been described by those hoping to implement 200 metre buffer zones.
Pro-choice groups say they want to protect women trying to access healthcare from being targeted.
Meanwhile, the Texas-based organisation 40 Days for Life, who say they have a network of ‘700’ volunteers in Scotland, have begun a series of what they call prayer vigils today, to coincide with the start of Lent.
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