A court ruling that a woman with learning disabilities must have an abortion against her wishes has been overturned on appeal.The decision came after the woman’s mother, a former midwife, challenged a court order issued on Friday.The appeal...
30 August 2019 by Rosalind English
Public order cases involving protests have always sparked controversy, with the collision between the state’s responsibility to ensure the smooth running of civil society and the individual citizen’s right to draw attention to...
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A government review into buffer zones outside abortion clinics underplayed and misrepresented the impact of activists on staff and patients, a number of medical bodies and charities have claimed in a renewed call for better protections for women...
Mr Hacking then responded: "So it's a criminal offence to pray, according to the court order, it's a criminal offence to pray outside of a place where children are being killed?" The officer then stated: "I believe that...
The UK government published then deleted changes to abortion law that would have allowed women to access medical terminations without travelling to a clinic, leaving women’s health charities “staggered”.In the guidance, which was published for at least five...
Leading UK healthcare providers have welcomed the government’s decision to allow women to take abortion pills at home without travelling to a clinic.A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care confirmed the government was updating its...
An anti-abortion campaigner who is banned from displaying a poster featuring an image of a dead foetus alongside a picture of the Labour MP Stella Creasy has failed to overturn a council order against him.Christian Hacking challenged the...
21 October 2020 by Rosalind English
Christian Concern, R (On the Application of) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care EWCA Civ 1239 CA (King LJ, Nicola Davies LJ, Phillips LJ) 25/09/2020
The secretary of state had...
