US EditionAnti-abortion campaigner guilty of breaching buffer zone outside UK clinic
- Livia Tossici-Bolt, a retired medical scientist and anti-abortion campaigner, was found guilty of breaching a buffer zone outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic on two days in March 2023, according to Poole Magistrates' Court.
- District Judge Orla Austin stated that Tossici-Bolt's actions were harmful to patients and staff, reflecting a balance between her rights to freedom of expression and those of women attending the clinic.
- The UK government emphasized that women must access abortion services without facing harassment, while also upholding the right to protest.
- BCP Council noted that the buffer zone, enacted in 2022, was established to ensure that patients and staff could access the clinic without fear of intimidation.
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Trump team anger as UK anti-abortion conviction sparks free speech row
THE conviction of an anti-abortion protester threatens to worsen a free speech row with the US — after Donald Trump’s team voiced concern on the case. Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, warned it was a “dark day for Great Britain” as she was found guilty of breaching a buffer zone by an abortion clinic. Activist Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, was given a two-year conditional discharge at Poole magistrates’ court and told to pay costs of £20,026Getty ReutersDona…
British woman found guilty of breaching abortion ‘buffer zone’ in case that drew US freedom of speech concerns
A British woman was found guilty Friday of breaching a ‘buffer zone’ outside a UK abortion clinic, in a case that attracted concern from the Trump administration over “freedom of expression” in the country.
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