Explainer: what are abortion clinic safe-access zones and where do they exist in Australia?
- Written by Tania Penovic, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
New South Wales recently became the fifth Australian jurisdiction to enact legislation that establishes safe-access zones around abortion clinics.
The legislation is a response to picketing of clinics by anti-abortion protesters for more than two decades. These protesters characterise themselves as “sidewalk counsellors” but their...