"Buddies" to escort women through protesters to Amsterdam's abortion clinic
1 year, 11 months ago

"Buddies" to escort women through protesters to Amsterdam's abortion clinic

NL Times  

From this fall, women in Amsterdam can ask for a “buddy” to accompany them to the abortion clinic in the city if they are worried about getting past protesters. Some women do not dare to tell family or friends, and some just don’t have anyone to take with them,” Djoeke Gerding of the Samen Naar de Kliniek foundation said to the Amsterdam broadcaster. In November, the Amsterdam city council voted to establish a buffer zone around the clinic to keep demonstrators at a distance. In Utrecht, for example, anti-abortion protesters filed a lawsuit against the city’s buffer zone, and the city had to scrap it.

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