Mentions:
1: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards the implementation of safe access zones around abortion - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) that law enforcement agencies have a clear and consistent understanding around enforcement, and that abortion - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barker (LD - Life peer) Can the Minister confirm whether the Home Office plans to be in touch with local councils, abortion care - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) First, people have been arrested for praying outside abortion clinics. - Speech Link
5: Lord Watts (Lab - Life peer) They do not have to do it outside an abortion clinic. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None relating to abortion; and continued or repeated observation of premises. - Speech Link
2: None Everyone’s experience of abortion is different. - Speech Link
3: None That includes accessing contraception, abortion and post-abortion services. - Speech Link
4: None and early medical abortion at home. - Speech Link
5: None It is all about wanting to ban abortion outright. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None When I went to an abortion clinic, I asked for help and whether there was an alternative to abortion, - Speech Link
2: None often hear pro-abortion campaigners saying that there is no evidence that an abortion can affect the - Speech Link
3: None providers and abortion campaigners are neutral in that sense. - Speech Link
4: None In our view, abortion is healthcare, and a person’s choice to have or not to have an abortion must be - Speech Link
5: None or someone providing abortion services. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None Abortion care is already a stigmatized area, as well. - Speech Link
2: None Post-abortion counselling is available through the national health service. - Speech Link
3: None Media reports will talk about anti-abortion protesters being outside the clinic. - Speech Link
4: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) How would that work if future ministers were against abortion? - Speech Link
5: None A protest affects the whole building and not just the abortion service. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) outside abortion services, and we also heard from women who have accessed abortion services and have - Speech Link
2: Minto, Jenni (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Abortion is highly regulated in healthcare, which is incredibly important. - Speech Link
3: Minto, Jenni (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Are you asking about the individual seeking abortion? - Speech Link
4: Mackay, Gillian (Green - Central Scotland) However, the bill is not, and never has been, about abortion. - Speech Link
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the law relating to abortion in England and Wales, and Northern Ireland; to remove criminal liability in respect of abortion performed with the consent of the pregnant woman up to the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy; to repeal sections 59 and 60 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861; to create offences of termination of a pregnancy after its twenty-fourth week and non-consensual termination of a pregnancy; to amend the law relating to conscientious objection to participation in abortion treatment; and for connected purposes.
Found: Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
Dec. 11 2023
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Dec. 11 2023
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