Campaigners urge Stephen Donnelly to ban anti-abortion ads outside hospitals

Opposition parties and campaigners are now calling on Minister Stephen Donnelly to ban anti-abortion adverts outside GP practices and hospitals as part of any safe access zone legislation. 

Campaigners are urging the government to ban anti-abortion ads and protests outside hospitals and GP clinics. File Picture of a protest at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in 2018. Picture Ciara Wilkinson

The Health Minister has been urged to ban anti-abortion adverts outside GP practices and hospitals as part of any safe access zone legislation.

It comes as pro-choice groups launched a billboard campaign in Dublin, Cork, Galway and other parts of the country.