Protect us from anti-abortion protesters, say women's clinics in WA

Marie Stopes staff in Perth say they fear for their safety and for patients as protests intensify in lead up to Easter

The Western Australian government needs to introduce exclusion zones around women’s health clinics as a matter of urgency, according to clinicians who say anti-abortion protesters are becoming more aggressive, spitting on and verbally abusing patients.

Staff at the Marie Stopes family planning clinic in the Perth suburb of Midland told Guardian Australia that they were being targeted from the moment they drove up to the clinic.

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Continue reading... January 25, 2018 at 10:30PM