MSPs backed the general principles of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill by 70 votes to 56 with one abstention.

Holyrood voted by 70 votes to 56 in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill introduced by Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur, with one abstention. The vote came after almost ...

A woman who was found not guilty of having an illegal abortion has told of her “absolutely horrific” four-and-a-half-year wait for justice and her hopes that the law is changed in the wake of her ...