PE1991: Develop an educational resource on abortion
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to work with Education Scotland to develop a health focused and stigma challenging educational resource on abortion, and make it available to all secondary schools in Scotland.
Petitioner: Gemma Clark
Status: Closed
Date published: 30 November 2022
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (122.9KB, pdf) (123KB, pdf) posted 11 January 2023
Committee Meetings
22 February 2023: The Committee agreed to write to stakeholder organisations, including the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), Association of Directors of Education in Scotland, General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), Scottish Catholic Education Service, and Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC).
Official Report of Meeting 22 February 2023
08 December 2023: The Committee agreed to close the petition under rule 15.7 of Standing Orders.
Official Report of Meeting 08 November 2023
Written Submissions
PE1991/A: Scottish Government submission of 24 January 2023 (144KB, pdf) posted 25 January 2023
PE1991/B: Petitioner submission of 27 January 2023 (124KB, pdf) posted 13 February 2023
PE1991/C: Humanist Society Scotland submission of 1 February 2023 (148KB, pdf) posted 14 February 2023
PE1991/D: BPAS and Back Off Scotland submission of 2 February 2023 (198KB, pdf) posted 14 February 2023
PE1991/E: Scottish Teacher for Positive Change and Wellbeing submission of 2 February 2023 (93KB, pdf) posted 14 February 2023
PE1991/F: General Secretary of Association of Directors of Education in Scotland submission of 25 March 2023 (44KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2023
PE1991/G: General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC Scotland) submission of 5 April 2023 (93KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2023
PE1991/H: Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) submission of 5 April 2023 (206KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2023
PE1991/I: COSLA submission of 6 April 2023 (46KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2023
PE1991/J: Scottish Catholic Education Service submission of 12 April 2023 (213KB, pdf) posted 18 April 2023
PE1991/K: Petitioner submission of 1 May 2023 (208KB, pdf) posted 03 May 2023