New ‘Safe Areas’ will be in place around five abortion service providers from 5 October 2023, to protect the safety, wellbeing, privacy and dignity of people who are accessing or providing abortion services.
Safe Areas cover up to 150 metres around a premises where abortion services are provided. They prohibit certain behaviours that could be considered distressing to a person accessing or providing abortion services.
The new Safe Areas are in addition to six others announced in July, which came into force in August. See the
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