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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/08a2543cec65ac0f https://verfassungsblog.de/challenging-safe-access/ Challenging Safe Access - What Ongoing Anti-Abortion Demonstrations Mean for the Practical Realisation for Safe Access Zones Laws in Great Britain Ottley, Emily eng 2025-05-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Abortion Abortion Laws ECHR Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Right to abortion Safe Access Zones Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Safe Access Zones (SAZ) in Great Britain, in force since autumn 2024, establish protective areas around abortion service providers and criminalise specific behaviours within these zones. However, ongoing anti-abortion protests raise questions about the practical enforceability of the new laws. This article examines whether SAZ laws can withstand these challenges and argues that they succeed in striking a fair balance between the rights of anti-abortion demonstrators and pregnant persons seeking access to lawful abortion services under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).