The Scottish government has been urged to pause its controversial gender reform plan while lawmakers assess concerns raised by a U.N. official on the risk it poses to women’s safety.
The proposed Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will make it much easier for individuals to change their gender identity.
Reem Alsalem, the U.N. special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, warned in a nine-page letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that her proposed law risks “opening the door” to violent males abusing women in single-sex spaces.
But Sturgeon dismissed Alsalem’s concerns at First Minister’s Questions on Nov. 24, saying “many of these issues have been discussed and addressed already” by the Scottish Parliament….