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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Ross Hunter

Uproar as Scottish Government spend £10,000 on anti-abortion protest mediation

A banner on display at a reproductive rights rally in Edinburgh. Picture: PA/Katharine Hay

THE Scottish Government is spending £10,000 on mediation services between anti-abortion protestors and those “those who are affected by them”. 

A contract award notice published online showed that the government had paid for the services of a civic mediation company – the Centre for Good Relations – “to support dialogue between parties who hold vigils and protests outside of abortion clinics, and those who are affected by them”.

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