 It creates an "access zone" around the facility in which such activities as protesting, sidewalk counseling, intimidation of or physical interference with abortion providers or their patients are prohibited.This distance varies depending upon the building's type, with protests outside of doctor's offices being restricted to coming within 10 metres, up to 50 metres for hospital or clinic, and 160 metres for a doctor's home.On January 23, 1996, a court overturned the provisions which prohibited protesting and sidewalk counselling on the grounds that both violated the "Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms".