If you think that regimes trying to control their people through suppressing expression the government doesn’t like only happens in “those” parts of the world, think again. From the U.K. and Canada to Australia, the powers that be are steadily promoting their agenda by censoring and punishing contrary views. And the censors are heading our way.
Scotland
The Scottish Parliament enacted the Abortion Services Act in June, creating a 200-meter “safe access zone” around abortion facilities. The law prohibits anyone within this zone from “influencing the decision of another person to access, provide, or facilitate the provision of abortion services” or causing “alarm or distress to another person in connection with the other person’s decision” to do so.
Even before any expansion, this is a huge area; 200 meters in all directions covers more than 1.35…
