Ask your local MSP candidates to take the Both Lives Pledge
Ask your local MSP candidates to take the Both Lives Pledge
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Where do your local MSP candidates stand on abortion?
Will they sign the pledge?
In the lead-up to the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, ask your MSP candidates if they will sign the Both Lives Pledge.
A review of abortion law in Scotland, commissioned by Humza Yousaf when he was Scottish First Minister, has recommended that Scotland scrap the 24-week abortion time limit and allow abortions on social grounds, including for sex-selective purposes, right up to birth.
Unborn babies could legally have their lives ended by an abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy – right up to when they are about to be born.
This would leave Scotland with one of the most extreme abortion laws in the world.
The change would position Scotland drastically away from the European Union, where the most common abortion time limit among EU countries is 12 weeks.
The proposed law change would also likely lead to an increased number of viable babies’ lives being ended well beyond the 24-week abortion time limit and beyond the point at which they would be able to survive outside the womb.
There will be pressure from the abortion lobby for these extreme proposals to become law following the Scottish Parliament election on 7 May.
Instead of making extreme changes to abortion legislation in Scotland, MSPs should come together to introduce policy changes that increase protections for babies in the womb and stop pregnancy discrimination for women – policies that will save lives by protecting and supporting both mother and child.
Please take action and use our EasyAction tool to write to your local MSP candidates and ask them to sign the Both Lives Pledge.
If elected as an MSP,
I pledge to:
1.
Oppose expanding Scotland’s abortion law, including proposals to allow abortions on social grounds right up to birth
Oppose any attempts to expand Scotland’s abortion laws, including proposals to scrap the 24-week time limit and allow abortions on social grounds, including for sex-selective purposes, right up to birth.
2.
End discrimination against baby girls and lower the abortion time limit
Stop discrimination against baby girls by supporting a law change to clarify that sex-selective abortion is illegal in Scotland, and bring Scottish law closer to the laws in the majority of EU member states by supporting a law change to lower the gestational time limit for abortion.
3.
Stop pregnancy discrimination and unsafe home abortion schemes
Support women in the workplace by backing policies designed to end pregnancy discrimination and stop women’s safety being put at risk, by reinstating in-person consultations with a medical professional before abortion pills can be prescribed.
The more MSP candidates who respond, the better informed the public will be
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