The offence of child destruction was considered to be the most serious offence of the three and a sentence of 1 The Scottish Government, ‘Scottish Government submission of 23 August 2021 – PE1887/A: Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act’ (Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee, 23 August 2021) accessed 21 October 2021. 2 BBC News, ‘Man jailed for stabbing Glenrothes woman pregnant with twins’ (BBC News, 17 January 2020) accessed 19 October 2021. 3 Katherine Hay, ‘Man jailed for life’ after stabbing pregnant woman in attempted murder’ (The Scotsman, 17 January 2020) accessed 19 March...