[ remember when the BBC said this wasn't happening, well now the meeja clowns actually reporting that it is happening … honk honk ]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39vky8wr0do

Woman, 74, charged under abortion protest law

Officers made the arrest near the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

David Wallace Lockhart & Angus Cochrane

BBC Scotland News

Published

19 February 2025

A 74-year-old woman has become the first person to be arrested and charged under a Scottish law banning protests outside abortion clinics.

She was arrested close to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and was charged in connection with breach of an exclusion zone.

Officers removed a sign from the area - which had been held by the woman who was arrested - that read "coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want".

The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act came into force last year.

The woman was arrested near the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow

The legislation prevents any protests or vigils taking place within 200m (656ft) of 30 clinics offering abortion services in Scotland.

US Vice-President JD Vance took aim at the bill last week, incorrectly claiming people who live within safe access zones had been sent letters by the Scottish government warning them about praying within their homes.

First Minister John Swinney said Vance's claims were "just wrong".

The Scottish government said no letters had been sent out saying people couldn't pray in their homes, and only "intentional or reckless behaviour" was covered by the act.

The vice-president was accused of "spreading misinformation" by Scottish Greens MSP Gillian Mackay, who drew up the law.

Police Scotland said it received a report of people protesting near the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital at about 14:00.

The force said officers remained at the scene and that inquiries were ongoing.