Petition

The Scottish Parliament has declined to close a petition to modify a law that does not apply in Scotland. Petition PE1969 is entitled 'Amend the law to fully decriminalise abortion in Scotland' and claims that the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 makes abortion a criminal offence in Scotland.

A petition has been started by a legal officer calling on the UK government to fund more research into childhood cancers. Fiona Govan, senior legal officer at the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, began the campaign in tribute to her three-year-old grandson, Logan, whom she and her family l