Order!

We turn now to vote on SM187, in the name of the 21st Scottish Government. The question is whether this Parliament approves the Legislative Consent Motion on the Safe Access to Healthcare Act 2023

Legislative Consent Motion on the Safe Access to Healthcare Act 2023

That this Pàrlamaid–

(a) acknowledges that people seeking gender affirming care should not be harassed;

(b) acknowledges that predatory organisations attempting to coerce or mislead people seeking an abortion should be barred from doing so;

(c) therefore agrees that all the relevant provisions of the Safe Access to Healthcare Act 2023 should come into force in Scotland.

This motion was written by the Most Hon. Lady /u/model-avtron, Marchioness Hebrides LT CT PC MSP MLA MS, on behalf of the 21st Scottish Government. It was additionally co-sponsored by the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

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This vote will end with the close of business at 10pm BST on the 21st of October.