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How we won the UK’s first-ever buffer zone around an abortion clinic

We’re saving abortion clinic users from harassment and intimidation – and our Sister Supporter campaign has gone national

By Tanya Taylor
How we won the UK’s first-ever buffer zone around an abortion clinic
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“Mum!” “Murderer!” “Give your baby a present – a birthday!” For close to 25 years, pregnant people were harassed by anti-choice protesters as they made their way into the MSI Reproductive Choices clinic in Ealing, west London.

Thanks to successful campaigning by Sister Supporter – a group of grassroots activists that I am part of – this is no longer the case. Our activism has also spread nationally, protecting women from anti-choice harassment outside clinics that provide safe abortion care in Richmond upon Thames and Manchester.

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