US Calls Scotland’s Buffer Zone Arrest of Pro-Life Activist Tyrannical

Rose Docherty, 75, was detained for holding a sign that read, ‘Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want,’ in an abortion clinic buffer zone.

Rose Docherty and police outside Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sept. 24, 2025. Courtesy of ADF UK

The U.S. government has called the arrest of a pro-life activist in Scotland for breaching the country’s buffer zone laws “tyrannical.”

Rose Docherty was arrested by four police officers in Glasgow on Sept. 24 for allegedly violating the law on buffer zones near abortion clinics.