Politicians have voted to back the general principles of the ruling Scottish National Party’s upcoming legislation that will allow someone to legally change gender by making a statutory declaration.
In the stage one debate of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, the legislation passed by 88 votes to 33, with four abstentions.
In total, nine Scottish National Party MPs defied the whip and voted against the Bill. This included Ash Regan, John Mason, Stephanie Callaghan, Fergus Ewing, Kenny Gibson, Ruth Maguire, and Michelle Thomson. Annabelle Ewing and Jim Fairlie abstained.
A women’s rights group called the bill “absolutely reckless.”
The bill will allow individuals to change their sex by simply making a statutory declaration….