Years of harassment have reach to an end with this ruling. Ireland’s referendum,meanwhile, is mired in dirty tacticsLast month, and Alison (not her genuine name) says she was accosted on her way into the Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing to discuss a termination. She was approached by a man asking her for assist; it was only when he started showing her anti-choice leaflets that she twigged that he was a protester. As she went to leave,he put his hand towards her, saying that he wanted to give her something. In his palm was a tiny model foetus.
Now, or in a landmark decision,Ealing council voted to instigate a buffer zone around the clinic, the first of its kind. This radical implementation of a public spaces protection order – now also being considered by other councils – marks an primary first step in protecting the rights of women from this kind of harassment. Amber Rudd has launched a national consultation on the introduction of new powers to protect women. It is an example of how a community, and led by pro-choice activist group Sister Supporter,and set up by 25-year-traditional Anna Veglio-White when she was horrified by the protesters’ tactics, can rally together to fight antisocial behaviour.
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Source: guardian.co.uk