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Torcuil Crichton

SNP MSP welcomes end of US-wide abortion rights ahead of Scottish summit on defending access to clinics

A controversial SNP MSP has been slammed by colleagues and opponents for welcoming the historic US Supreme Court decision that ended the constitutional right to abortion.

The pro-life politician John Mason suggested that the end of US-wide rights to abortion opened the possibility of Scotland diverging from the rest of the UK when it came to the 24-week limit on terminations.

His intervention comes just hours ahead of Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish summit on access to abortion clinics.

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