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Trump Administration Slams Arrest of Elderly Anti-Abortion Activist
9/29/2025
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- The Trump administration criticized Rose Docherty's arrest, a 75-year-old anti-abortion activist, near Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
- Docherty was detained for violating buffer zone laws prohibiting influencing people seeking abortion services; four officers removed her while she held a sign.
- This was her second arrest for breaching buffer zone laws; she was charged and released on bail with hospital-access restrictions.
