And devolution could give the Scottish parliament an opportunity to make improvements.

David Mundell MP, the Secretary of State for Scotland, announced recently that abortion law is to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.

What now?

‘Abortion Rights’ is a national pro-choice campaign; it has supporters throughout the United Kingdom, including an active Abortion Rights Scotland Committee.

Abortion Rights is apprehensive that hurried devolution has been orchestrated by anti-choice MPs in order to compromise choice, although statements by both the UK government and the Scottish government indicate there is no intention to alter the legal framework set by the 1967 Abortion Act.