MPs have stepped up their campaign for a nationwide ban on prayers and vigils outside abortion clinics.
The high court will hear a challenge to a public spaces protection order (PSPO) imposed by Ealing council last month. The appeal, due to be heard next Thursday, could overthrow the buffer zone set in place by councillors after a Christian group was accused of harassing women on their way in to a Marie Stopes abortion clinic.
The home office is conducting a review of protests outside abortion clinics and could impose a ban across England and Wales ahead of the high court hearing next week.
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