Campaigners have slammed "disgusting" anti-abortion protests outside of a Scots hospital and called for urgent action to implement buffer zones.
Members from anti-abortion group 40 Days of Life held up placards across from the maternity ward at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow as they tried to intercept women seeking medical care.
They are expected to protest outside the hospital every day until April 10.One sign held up by the group read "choose life" while another sign read "Pregnant?
We care, we will help you".Campaign group Back Off Scotland, which is advocating for a 150m buffer zone to be implemented around every abortion clinic in the country, slammed the protest as targeted harassment.Co-Founder of the group, Lucy Grieve, said anti-abortion protests had become a "daily occurrence" at the QEUH amid increasing demonstrations outside the hospital in the last year.She told the Record: “We’re concerned to see the recent uptick in anti-choice activity returning to clinics providing abortions.
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