What plans it has to legislate to ensure that women can access pregnancy termination services free from harassment by anti-abortion campaig…

It is unacceptable that any woman exercising her right to seek a legal abortion within the Abortion Act 1967, or to ask for the prescription of legally licensed emergency contraception, should be obstructed or intimidated. However, there is already provision in Scots law for redress against harassment. Section 53 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 currently makes it an offence for two or more persons to obstruct the lawful passage of others in a public place and to fail to move away on being required to do so by a constable in uniform. The common law offence of "breach of the peace" may also cover any type of behaviour which causes alarm and distress that may arise from groups gathering together. Enforcement would be a matter for the police.