Bishops’ Conference of Scotland: Human Life must be Respected and Protected from Conception The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to respect the right to life of the unborn child in a submission to the Scottish Government’s ...
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Praying now illegal in parts of Scotland as new buffer zone law comes into force A new law which makes it illegal to pray in parts of Scotland is now in force. The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Act ...
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SNP members vote for constitutional right to abortion in an independent Scotland SNP members have voted in favour of a motion to enshrine the right to abortion in the constitution of an independent Scotland. The motion, which was proposed by ...
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SNP Conference to hear proposal for ‘constitutional right to abortion’ The SNP Conference is to hear a radical proposal to enshrine a ‘right to abortion’ in any future constitution of an independent Scotland. The motion, put forward by the party’s ...
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Scottish Parliament moves a step closer to criminalising private thoughts The Scottish Parliament has moved closer to criminalising private thoughts following a committee of MSPs expressing general support for a new law which will establish buffer zones around abortion centres, ...
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First Minister reaffirms support for buffer zones and indicates willingness to consider decriminalisation of abortion First Minister Humza Yousaf today reaffirmed his government’s full support for introducing buffer zones around abortion centres in Scotland. The buffer zones legislation, which anticipates ...
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Peter Kearney: Buffer Zone Bill will take ‘a sledgehammer to civil liberties’ Earlier this week the Daily Record covered the debate set to take place among MSP’s on whether to have “Buffer Zones” around abortion clinics. A Bill proposed by ...
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