Dr Neal’s suggested draft section creating a new offence is: 1A Behaviour contributing to the ending of a partner’s or ex-partner’s pregnancy (1) A person commits an offence if ⎯ (a) the person (A) contributes, or attempts to contribute, through violence, other abusive behaviour, deception, and/or coercion, to the ending of a partner’s or ex-partner’s pregnancy, and (b) either ⎯ (i) A intends the violence, abusive behaviour, deception, and/or coercion to contribute to the end of the pregnancy, or (ii) A is reckless as to whether the violence, abusive behaviour, deception, and/or coercion contributes to the end of the pregnancy The Committee heard that existing offences and aggravators under Scots law are not wholly effective in practice and concludes that the significance of experiencing a miscarriage as a result of domestic abuse merits a proper, distinct and separate response to ensure that fair labelling is applied in this legal context.