Grandmother arrested for holding sign offering conversation outside Scottish hospital performing abortions
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Scottishpolicearresteda74-year-oldgrandmotheronThursdayforofferingconversationtowomencontemplatingabortionsbecauseshewasinaso-calledbufferzone,whichcriminalizespro-lifespeech.
JustdaysafterVicePresidentJDVancewarnedEuropeanleadersaboutrisingcensorshipattheMunichSecurityConference,RoseDochertywasarrestedinGlasgow,ScotlandneartheQueenElizabethUniversityHospitalforholdingasignthatsaid:“Coercionisacrime,heretotalkifyouwant.”
DochertywasthefirstpersontobearrestedandchargedunderTheAbortionServices(SafeAccessZones)Act,whichwentintoeffectinSeptember2024,theBBCreported.
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