Gender reform bill: Scottish government to take legal action against Westminster
The Scottish government has announced that it will launch a legal challenge against the UK government after it triggered Section 35 of the Scotland Act to block a gender reform bill voted for by MSPs last December. Newly-elected SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, confirmed that his government will push ahead with legal action and lodge a petition for a judicial review of the UK government’s use of Section 35. MSPs voted by 86 votes to 39 in favour of allowing transgender people to self-identify, meaning trans people…
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