Manitoba Law Restricting Protests at Abortion Clinic Now in Effect

Manitoba Health Minister Nahanni Fontaine speaks in the House during question and answer period at the Legislative Building on May 20, 2020. The Canadian Press/Ruth Bonneville - POOL

Manitoba’s new law prohibiting protests and demonstrations outside abortion clinics went into effect on Feb. 1.

The province’s NDP government introduced the bill last year. The Safe Access to Abortion Services Act creates buffer zones of 150 metres around abortion clinics, as well as around the homes of abortion providers.