Make abortion clinic 'bubble zones' larger, advocates tell Ontario's AG
'Protests should take place a safe distance from where patients are seeking healthcare,' letter says
By Kate Bueckert, CBC News
Posted: Aug 02, 2017
A letter calling on the province to keep protesters 150 metres away from abortion clinics and health care providers who provide abortion services has been signed by eight reproductive rights advocacy groups, including one from Kitchener.
Lyndsey Butcher, executive director of the Shore Centre — formerly Planned Parenthood — said new legislation being drafted by Attorney General Yasir Naqvi is based on laws in other provinces, which mandate protesters must stay 50 metres away.
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