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Woman arrested at anti-abortion protest in Glasgow faces no further action
Rose Docherty was the first charged under Scotland's new law creating 200-metre buffer zones around abortion clinics to prevent harassment, but prosecutors have dropped the case.
- The first woman arrested under Scotland's abortion buffer zones law, Rose Docherty, 75, faced no further action from prosecutors following her arrest during an anti-abortion protest.
- The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service stated that after careful consideration of the case, it would not pursue further action at this time, reserving the right to revisit the case later.
- Docherty described the decision as a victory for everyone in Scotland who values peaceful conversation and believes that criminalizing kindness is unjust.
- Vice President JD Vance criticized the buffer zones as an example of 'free speech in retreat,' which the Scottish Government denied.
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Glasgow pensioner arrested at anti-abortion protest to face no further action
Rose Docherty, 75, was arrested after police were called to reports of an anti-abortion protest in Hardgate Road in Glasgow, near the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, in February.
·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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