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Guest Blog: “It can’t happen here”: The future of abortion rights in Scotland (and what we can do about it)

Posted on March 12 2026 at 09:46

In this guest blog, actor, writer and campaigner Ally Ibach explores how anti-choice narratives became entrenched in the USA, and why Scotland needs modern abortion law that works for women in the face of rising threats to reproductive rights.

Long before Roe v. Wade (1973), abortion was not nearly as outwardly contentious or topical an issue in public American media.

After all, American Republicans have historically identified themselves as the party of free will in a free-market capitalistic structure; if you want to do something, you should be able to, without the government peering over your shoulder. This argument has served for years in defence of lowering taxes regardless of income, defending gun ownership, and many more classic conservative American stances.

Standing up against abortion disinformation

Posted on December 18 2025 at 11:43

Following the recent publication of the Scottish Government’s Abortion Law Review report, we’ve published a briefing for MSPs in support of the report’s recommendations and calling for the full decriminalisation of abortion, alongside a modernised health-based system of abortion care in line with international health and human rights standards.

Since the release of the report, there has been a concerted campaign to publicly distort its recommendations. We’re calling on MSPs to stand up against these kinds of tactics.

This is critical for two reasons:

Scotland’s women deserve the highest standard of abortion healthcare, and
Abortion policy development, like all policy development, should be shaped using the highest level of evidence and expertise, not politicised scaremongering.

Read our full briefing to MSPs here.

Breaking: Landmark report sets clear path to decriminalisation and modernised healthcare

Posted on November 14 2025 at 09:21

Today, the Scottish Government have released an Expert Group report that provides a clear roadmap for removing abortion from the criminal justice system and replacing the outdated Abortion Act 1967 with a modernised, health-based framework.