Anti-abortion campaigner guilty of breaching buffer zone outside UK clinic
- Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, was found guilty of breaching a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth, receiving a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay costs on April 4, 2025.
- District Judge Orla Austin stated that Tossici-Bolt showed a 'lack of insight' into how her presence could impact clinic visitors and concluded her conviction did not disproportionately interfere with her rights.
- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour is monitoring the case and emphasizing the importance of protecting freedom of expression in the UK.
- In a statement, Downing Street affirmed that women using abortion services should not face harassment and that the right to protest does not extend to intimidation.
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British woman prosecuted for silently holding a sign by abortion clinic gets a backup from US State Department
LIVERPOOL, England (OSV News) -- The U.S. State Department has expressed concern over the prosecution of a British woman for holding up a sign outside an abortion clinic that read: "Here to talk, if you want." Livia Tossici-Bolt, a retired scientist, was found guilty at an April 4 trial of infringing a 492-feet, or 15-meter, exclusion
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