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Abortion remains within the criminal justice system in Scotland, with women requiring the approval of two doctors to access routine, safe reproductive healthcare.

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Social Security is a vital tool to address inequality in Scotland. But women have borne the brunt of cuts to social security entitlements and public services due to the policy of austerity from UK Government.

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, women’s health was being woefully under-served in Scotland.

and lives, and considers abortion access fundamental to women’s rights and gender equality across the whole of the UK. Our Bodies, Our Choice: The Case for a Scottish Approach to Abortion The devolution of abortion law as part of the

and lives, and considers abortion access fundamental to women’s rights and gender equality across the whole of the UK. Our Bodies, Our Choice: The Case for a Scottish Approach to Abortion The devolution of abortion law as part of the

order to access safe, legal abortions. Organisations are calling on the Scottish Government to make a number of key changes around abortion services in Scotland to standardise access to abortion and make use of advances in medical abortion drugs

failure to decriminalise abortion completely, demonstrating that access to safe abortion is a fundamental health right, and deserves a rights-based approach in law. Making young people’s voices heard on abortion With 22 being the

Women’s rights are at risk in Scotland, as Brexit and challenges to the Human Rights Act threaten to undermine hard-won victories like protection from maternity discrimination.

dramatic representations of abortion in film and tv, which were described as a key source of knowledge on abortion. There is also the question of whether that term ‘abortion’ should be used at all. If you attend an NHS clinic in