In the long list of John Mason’s gaffes, blunders and jaw-dropping interventions in Scottish politics, the Glasgow MSP’s open-armed welcome of the US Supreme Court ruling on abortion must rank number one.
Mason, a committed Christian, is not embarrassed by his view on abortion in the slightest, although the SNP should be.
Worryingly for Nicola Sturgeon’s party, their MSP takes a direct line from the Washington ruling to Scotland.