Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Play now Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Humza Yousaf has clashed with an SNP MSP who said that the Scottish Government is "overreacting" to
anti-abortion protesters demonstrating outside clinics. John Mason said "no one is being harassed" outside
abortion services during First Minister's Questions on Thursday. The Glasgow Shettleston MSP has been an outspoken critic of the bid to create 200 metre 'buffer zones' outside abortion clinics. The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) bill is being led by Green MSP Gillian Mackay and is being supported by the SNP -Green Scottish Government. The First Minister slapped down Mason and told him that
Women using abortion services feel "harassed" and "intimidated". He told his party colleague to listen to these women and staff who say the
protests are impacting services. Anti-abortion groups have been known to erect graphic images of fetuses on fences and across placards during recent "prayer vigils" which have taken place outside the
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