Draft laws to ban abortion protests in ACT

Protesting outside abortion clinics could become illegal if draft laws pass the ACT Legislative Assembly.

A member of a church group protests against abortion in Canberra

The ACT parliament will consider banning protests outside abortion clinics in Canberra. (AAP)

The ACT parliament will consider banning protests outside abortion clinics in Canberra.

Shane Rattenbury from the Greens is developing draft laws to make it illegal to protest in the vicinity of a clinic or to film people going in and out.

"I've been approached by members of the community in the ACT who want to see this put in place so that a woman can access a legal abortion service without feeling like she has to run the gauntlet at a time in which she might already feel vulnerable in seeking the service," he told ABC radio on Monday.


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