If ever passed, a law introducing buffer zones would set a dangerous and unjust precedent for restrictions on other opinions that may challenge the perceived status quo at any given time.
After several previous attempts to mandate censorship (buffer) zones around abortion services, last month Bernard Jenkin, Dr Rupa Huq and twenty other MPs again proposed this policy via an amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. After a thorough grilling, the amendment was not taken to a vote. However, it is unlikely that we have seen the back of this idea for good.
