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Downloads Access to Abortion: Situating Scotland in the Western World This paper describes the different legal and regulatory contexts for abortion healthcare in Scotland and in other European and western nations. Engender

Reproductive rights, and abortion law specifically, are covered under Article 12 of ICESCR on the right to health. For many years we have called for abortion to be decriminalised in Scotland, and we are delighted that the Committee is asking

5. Protect the Right to Abortion Actively protect the right to abortion for all in Scotland, ensuring it is recognised as vital healthcare: Bring forward and implement the Safe Access Zones Bill. Decriminalise abortion in

the UK to take action for abortion rights in Northern Ireland, and supporting other countries’ campaigns to ratify the Istanbul Convention. The UKJCW can also nominate people to sit on EWL working groups and observatories, for example on

Ahead of the next Programme for Government for 2024-25, we have outlined several important actions we want the Scottish Government to take to protect women’s rights and promote gender equality in Scotland.

Downloads Access to Abortion: Situating Scotland in the Western World This paper describes the different legal and regulatory contexts for abortion healthcare in Scotland and in other European and western nations. Engender

Reproductive rights, and abortion law specifically, are covered under Article 12 of ICESCR on the right to health. For many years we have called for abortion to be decriminalised in Scotland, and we are delighted that the Committee is asking

5. Protect the Right to Abortion Actively protect the right to abortion for all in Scotland, ensuring it is recognised as vital healthcare: Bring forward and implement the Safe Access Zones Bill. Decriminalise abortion in

Care and childcare – both paid and unpaid - are key issues of women’s inequality in Scotland.

on specific topics, such as abortion , employability , and social security . You can also find one-off publications like our Sex and Power report, and gender edits of Scottish Government policy papers like the budget . Consultation Responses