US government expresses disappointment over conviction of UK woman for abortion buffer zone breach

The American government has expressed disappointment over the conviction of a British Christian woman who held up a sign outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic saying: “Here to talk, if you want.”

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour said on X, the social media platform, that it was “disappointed with the UK court’s conviction of Livia Tossici-Bolt for violating a designated buffer zone at an abortion clinic.”

It said: “Freedom of expression must be protected for all”.