PE1996: Take action to prevent discriminatory abortions for disability in Scotland
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to legislate to ensure that abortions cannot take place after 24 weeks in circumstances where the child is likely to have a disability.
Petitioner: Calum MacKellar on behalf of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics
Status: Closed
Date published: 15 December 2022
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (224KB, pdf) (224KB, pdf) posted 01 March 2023
Committee Meetings
22 March 2023: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders
Official Report of Meeting 22 March 2023
Written Submissions
PE1996/A: Scottish Government submission of 16 January 2023 (145.7KB, pdf) (146KB, pdf) posted 23 January 2023
PE1996/B: Petitioner submission of 14 February 2023 (123KB, pdf) (123KB, pdf) posted 06 March 2023
PE1996/C: Petitioner submission of 7 March 2023 (102KB, pdf) (102KB, pdf) posted 13 March 2023