Anti-abortion activist arrives to court for sentencing over alleged breach of 'buffer zone' outside UK clinic

Record ID: 1988199

  • Title: Anti-abortion activist arrives to court for sentencing over alleged breach of 'buffer zone' outside UK clinic
  • Date: 4th April 2025
  • Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (APRIL 4, 2025) (REUTERS) UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANDRII SYBIHA ARRIVING FOR PRESS POINT (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANDRII SYBIHA, SAYING: "After Jeddah, we got additional speed, additional opportunities to speed up peace efforts. Ukraine unconditionally supported U.S. proposal. Interim full ceasefire. Ukraine is not the obstacle
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  • Keywords: ACITIVISM ANTI-ABORTION BRITAIN COURT PROTEST STATE DEPARTMENT UK US USA
  • Location: BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: UK
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Europe,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA001422404042025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: British anti-abortion activist arrived in court on Friday (April 4), awaiting a sentencing over alleged breach of a buffer zone outside a clinic in Bournemouth.
    Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, is accused of violating the law which makes it "illegal for anyone to do anything that intentionally or recklessly influences someone’s decision to use abortion services, obstructs them, or causes harassment or distress to someone using or working at these premises."
    At the start of his term, U.S. Vice President JD Vance took a swipe at European governments for what he described as their censorship of free speech and their political opponents. Speaking to European political leaders, military officers and diplomats at the Munich Security Conference in February, Vance adopted a confrontational tone, accusing European politicians of what he said was a fear of their own people and warned them that the real threat against their democracy was not from Russia or China.
    The U.S. State Department said in a post on X they are "monitoring her case."
    (Production: Gerry Mey, Vitalii Yalahuzian)
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