He added that it was too soon to reveal how much the government expected to pay victims in compensation. He said he would offer a formal apology on 12 November.
It will make it illegal to hand out anti-abortion leaflets within the buffer zone or obstruct anyone using or working at an abortion clinic.The protection zones, which will prohibit protest, will extend to a 150-metre radius around abortion services and those convicted of breaking the new law will face an unlimited fine.
One abortion charity said the move could not "come soon enough" but an anti-abortion organisation warned women would lose access to "vital practical support".Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips said: “The right to access abortion services is a fundamental right for women in this country, and no-one should feel unsafe when they seek to access this.“We will not sit back and tolerate harassment, abuse and intimidation as people exercise their legal right to healthcare."
The law was initially approved by Parliament in May 2023. However the government said it would launch a consultation on guidance before permitting the buffer zones to be implemented.This led one charity to accuse the then-Conservative government of kicking the issue "into the long grass".
Campaigners also raised concern that the draft guidance would still allow "silent prayer" outside abortion clinics.
The Home Office now says the changes will be implemented from the end of October."He likes the idea of being the guy to bring in a huge land mass," says Mr Heath-Rawlings. "He probably wants the Arctic, which is obviously going to become much more valuable in the years to come."
For Trump, even the US-Canadian border itself is suspect. "If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it between Canada and the US," he said in March. "Somebody did it a long time ago, and it makes no sense."Needless to say, Trump's comments have rankled Canadian leaders, who warn of the president's ultimate designs on their homeland.
In March, Trudeau accused the US president of planning "a total collapse of the Canadian economy because that will make it easier to annex us".The previous month, after Trump first announced new tariffs on Canada, Trudeau had said: "Trump has it in mind that one of the easiest ways of doing that [annexing Canada] is absorbing our country. And it is a real thing."