Harris mulls abortion safety zones after 'intimidating, sickening and anti-democratic' protests

Health Minister Simon Harris has launched a blistering attack on anti-abortion protesters outside the National Maternity Hospital, saying their actions were “intimidating, sickening and anti-democratic.”

Harris mulls abortion safety zones after 'intimidating, sickening and anti-democratic' protests

Health Minister Simon Harris has launched a blistering attack on anti-abortion protesters outside the National Maternity Hospital, saying their actions were “intimidating, sickening and anti-democratic.”

He said he would look again at introducing exclusion zones, but admitted that implementing such a law is not straightforward.

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