Written Question·Home Office·UIN 2325

Abortion: Demonstrations

Tabled: 30 July 2024

Answered: 5 September 2024

Question

Mary Glindon

Labour — Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that offers of practical help to women outside abortion clinics will be permitted when section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 is implemented.

Answer

Jess Phillips

Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 does not criminalise any specific activity within safe access zones. It introduces a new criminal offence for a person who is within a Safe Access Zone to do an act with the intent of, or reckless as to whether it ha...

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