Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 22 February 2023
22 Feb 2023 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
New Petitions
Abortion (Full Decriminalisation) (PE1969)
It is important that we collate as much information on this topic as we can. If we contact those agencies and organisations that you indicated, convener, they will be able to give us their views on any action that may be required. That will enable us to take a much better and a more holistic approach to challenging the issues raised by the petition. As Carol Mochan has said, the law requires updating. It has been decades since the issue has been examined in that way. By collecting that information and putting it all together we will have a much better picture as to how the issue is being approached across those organisations in Scotland.
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The Deputy Convener
SNP
Item 3 is consideration of new petitions. I will begin this item as I normally do by saying that, before the committee considers a new petition, we send it t...
Carol Mochan
Lab
I am quite supportive of the general principles of the petition about decriminalising abortion. In a modern society, it seems right that the Abortion Act 196...
The Deputy Convener
SNP
We could write to the stakeholders involved, such as the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, Sexual Health Scotland, the British Medical Association, the Sco...
Alexander Stewart
Con
It is important that we collate as much information on this topic as we can. If we contact those agencies and organisations that you indicated, convener, the...
The Deputy Convener
SNP
Does the committee agree to all those recommendations? Members indicated agreement.