Abortion Safe Access Zones: Ministerial Working Group
Overview
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The Ministerial-led Working Group on safe access zones around healthcare facilities was formed in 2021 to consider short, medium and long-term actions that may help to address the issue of protests/vigils that take place outside of abortion clinics or other facilities providing healthcare.
The group brings together representatives of affected Councils and Health Boards, along with representatives from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA), the Society of Local Authority Lawyers and Administrators (SOLAR) and Police Scotland.
Members
- Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport
- Ben MacPherson MSP, Minister for Social Security and Local Government
- Keith Brown MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
- Professor Sharon Cameron, NHS Lothian
- Jon Ferrer, City of Edinburgh Council
- Rachael Craik, City of Edinburgh Council
- Kevin McKee, City of Edinburgh Council/SOLAR
- Dr Audrey Brown, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- Elaine Galletly, Glasgow City Council/SOLAR
- Anil Gupta, CoSLA
- Cllr Maureen Chalmers, CoSLA
- Elisa Bevacqua, CoSLA
- Jenni Lawson, Aberdeen City Concil/SOLAR
- Cllr Deena Tissera, Aberdeen City Council
- Cllr Paul Kelly, CoSLA
- PI Neil Burns, Police Scotland
- PI Norman Towler, Police Scotland
- Blair Macdonald, Police Scotland
- David Bell, Scottish Government
- Sam Baker, Scottish Government
- Harriet Rogerson, Scottish Government
- Sinéad Power, Scottish Government
- Ross Grant, Scottish Government
Documents
- Ministerial Working Group – Abortion Buffer Zones minutes: October 2022
- Ministerial Working Group – Abortion Buffer Zones minutes: August 2022
- Ministerial Working Group – Abortion Buffer Zones minutes: April 2022
- Ministerial Working Group - Abortion Buffer Zones minutes: February 2022
- Ministerial Working Group – Abortion Buffer Zones minutes: December 2021
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