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who are forced to travel to England for later abortions. The discrepancy in service provision in Scotland is not new. It’s long been an issue, but what progress is being made to provide women in Scotland with later abortions? How do we

Ireland. The comparison with England you find on many posters is also very telling. Posters talk about not wanting to bring the ‘awful’ situation that happens in England to Ireland, willfully ignoring the fact that England cares for

the abortion rules in England and Wales on Northern Ireland”. Two things: One: No one, least of all abortion rights campaigners, is asking for the 1967 Act (or “the abortion rules in England and Wales”) to be imposed in

and prosecution of women in England and Wales. Earlier this week the UK Parliament moved to halt criminal sanctions against women for terminating their own pregnancies via a successful amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill. However, as this

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.

Resource Centre in England. This interim shadow report focuses on the areas of concern indicated by the Committee (at paragraphs 13, 21 and 25). However, since the CEDAW examination, the Covid-19 pandemic and continued austerity

as defined by the law in England & Wales, were added to the exemption. The ‘rape clause’ was reviewed by a UK Lords Committee after it became law, and they noted that the time period for consultation was probably too short. The

have been seen this week in England and at Holyrood; here Engender's Policy Manager, Jill Wood, sets out why we must challenge misinformation to defend women's rights. The vast majority of people in Scotland believe in a women’s

out the same move in England and Wales and instead announced that the whole payment will be paid to the ‘main carer’ in the household. This will of course change nothing for couples with no children. Additionally there’s

Wales, N. Ireland, and England) is the European member state. As there is no pan-UK feminist organisation working across the four nations of the UK, a synthetic organisation, called the UK Joint Committee on Women, was created. Engender