Controversial Report Calls for Decriminalisation of Abortion Up to Birth in Scotland A Scottish Government advisory group on abortion has recommended sweeping changes to abortion legislation, including allowing women to legally have abortions up to birth for any reason. The ...
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Holyrood Assisted Suicide Bill: Hospices and Care Homes at Risk as MSPs Reject more Safeguards The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee has voted down a series of proposed amendments aimed at strengthening safeguards in the controversial Assisted ...
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Vulnerable at Risk: MSPs Reject Key Amendments to Assisted Suicide Bill Committee votes down key proposals that would protect people with years to live, disabled people, those with intellectual disabilities, and those with eating disorders Holyrood’s Health and Sport Committee ...
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Radical proposal to legalise abortion up to birth for any reason in Scotland A campaign advocating for the legalisation of abortion up to birth for any reason in Scotland has been formally launched. The initiative, titled Let’s Change the Act, ...
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MSP faces criticism over “oppressive and undemocratic” assisted suicide censorship zone proposal Green MSP Patrick Harvie has faced criticism over a proposed amendment to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, introduced by Liam McArthur. The amendment seeks ...
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Recently published analysis of the Scottish Government’s consultation on ‘ending conversion practices’ has revealed that a majority of respondents do not support a new law.
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Catholic schools in Scotland help young people “prepare for a pluralistic world where there are people who believe many different things”, the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee has heard. Barbara Coupar, Director of the Scottish Catholic Education Service ...
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Red Mass 2025 The annual Red Mass to mark the opening of the new legal year in Scotland will take place on Sunday 21 September 2025 at 12 noon in St Mary’s R.C. Cathedral, Edinburgh. The liturgy will be celebrated ...
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Image: Associated Press/Alamy Stock Photo Pope Leo to politicians: be true to Christ and have the courage to suffer for his name This week, MSPs returned to the Scottish Parliament, fresh from their summer recess and ready for another round ...
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Photo by Peter F. Wolf on Unsplash Scotland’s laws give more protection to seagulls than unborn humans My eyes were recently drawn to an article in a newspaper in which it was suggested Scots need to find ways to live with the growing ...
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