Abortion: Demonstrations
Commons · Question 2325 · Tabled 30 Jul 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
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
Answered by Jess Phillips, 5 Sep 2024
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...