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Scotland
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A grandmother who was the first person to be arrested for allegedly breaching a Scottish buffer zone has said that she is “willing to go to prison on the issue because I am unshakeably convinced that nobody should be criminalised for a peaceful offer to speak on any public land…
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SPUC has said it is “deeply concerned” after MSPs voted in favour of a proposed assisted suicide bill for Scotland. “SPUC will continue to urge every MSP to consider the great dangers inherent in assisted suicide”, said SPUC CEO John Deighan. This evening, MSPs voted 70 to 56 in favour…
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Half of Britons fear the timing of a proposed assisted suicide law that comes while benefits are being cut, a poll commissioned by SPUC has revealed. Over 2,000 Britons were surveyed by Whitestone Insight on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) ahead of two key…
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People suffering from anorexia could be endangered by assisted suicide laws, a health charity has warned ahead of today’s first vote on MSP Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Health experts from the charity Eat Breathe Thrive, which helps people with eating disorders, have warned that…
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Scottish First Minister John Swinney says he will vote against MSP Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide bill for Scotland, set to be debated and voted on next week at Stage 1.
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SPUC urges Scots to lobby MSPs against “dangerous” assisted suicide bill, vote expected in two weeks
SPUC is urging Scots to speak to their MSPs to warn against the threat posed by Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide bill, with a first vote now expected on 13 May.
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Police Scotland has said that buffer zones are not enforceable when abortion facilities are closed. The statement comes after pro-abortion MSP Gillian Mackay suggested they should be enforced at all hours. Lawyers from Police Scotland and the Crown Office confirmed that Mackay’s buffer zones law cannot be enforced when abortion…
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Legal experts have warned that MSP Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill “may be beyond the powers of the Scottish Parliament” to enact, and even if passed, “the new law would be either unworkable or extremely dangerous”. Legal experts Mary Neal, Murray Earle and Michael Foran…
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Police Scotland has scrubbed over 12,000 criminal investigations because they required excessive manpower, a report has revealed, despite several police officers arresting an elderly grandmother who allegedly breached a buffer zone in Glasgow in February.
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Student midwife Sara Spencer was placed on special leave and subjected to an investigation after posting her pro-life views on social media.
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The author of the Scottish buffer zones law has said that prayer inside a home within a buffer zone might break the law.
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His message to Scots comes as Scotland considers similar legislation: “I believe my own experience is a cautionary tale of how well-intended laws go very wrong.”
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The pensioner was holding a sign that read, “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.”
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Bishop John Keenan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley has condemned a “supposedly independent abortion law review” into Scotland’s abortion law for excluding all pro-life representation.
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This year’s Project Truth, which saw young pro-life adults reach out positively to the public on the streets of Scotland, was a great success again in 2024. “I’ve had some really good conversations with people”, said one participant.