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As detailed in a UN Report, "The most recent development in French abortion law was occasioned by the activities of a small number of anti-abortion protesters.  In the early 1990s, they began a campaign of harassment of clinics where abortions were performed and of persons performing abortions.  They blockaded and invaded a number of hospitals and tried to discourage individual physicians from performing abortions.  To respond to such attacks, the Government in late 1992 enacted legislation establishing new criminal penalties in the Penal Code to combat disruptive activities.  Under these provisions, persons who prevent or attempt to prevent a voluntary termination of pregnancy by disrupting access to or the free movement of persons into and out of clinics or hospitals by threatening or engaging in any act of intimidation against medical and non-medical personnel are subject to fines and imprisonment ("Délit d'entrave à l'IVG" / illegal interference to abortion).  The provisions also apply to acts directed towards abortion counselling and requests for abortion and allow organizations established to protect the right to contraception and abortion to join as a party in suits brought against such obstruction."<ref>[http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm Abortion Profiles: France]</ref> Since 2016, the law against illegal interference ("Délit d'entrave à l'IVG") was extended to wesbites which appears  to be run by healthcare facilities or government but give fake information to women and try to prevent them to access abortion service. <ref> [http://www.planning-familial.org/actualites/ivg-lextension-du-delit-dentrave-adoptee-au-senat-en-version-modifiee-0028955] </ref]