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Women are being spat on outside my abortion clinic. Where is the safe zone we're legally entitled to? | Michaela McDaid

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This intimidation by anti-abortion groups has been intensifying for years , but there has been a sharp increase since the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US in 2022 .

Clinic workers like me are left with the unenviable task of trying to shield people accessing healthcare from graphic images, and our team members from being spat at as they come into work.

The Labour MP Stella Creasy had previously tabled an amendment to introduce safe-access zones around all abortion clinics in England and Wales .

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63

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58

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53

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informal

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English

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41

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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