Review of Abortion Law in Scotland Expert Group: report

Annex D

The Advisory Group

Membership of the Advisory Group consists of representatives from:

• Abortion Rights Scotland
• Back Off Scotland
• Close the Gap
• Engender
• Equality Network
• Humanist Society
• Scottish Trades Union Congress
• Scottish Women’s Aid
• Young Women’s Movement
• Zero Tolerance

Stakeholders Contacted for Views*

*This list represents organisations who were contacted for views, but did not all necessarily respond

• 40 Days for Life
• Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)
• Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC)
• Arch Trust
• Dr Basky Thanaganathan
• British Medical Association (BMA)
• British Association of Perinatal Medicine
• British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society
• CARE Scotland
• Catholic Parliamentary Office of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland
• Christian Medical Fellowship
• Church of Scotland
• Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal (COPFS)
• Don’t Screen Us Out
• Down's Syndrome Association
• Dr Kate Greasley
• Evangelical Alliance
• General Medical Council
• Healthcare Improvement Scotland
• Humanist Society
• Dr Johnathan Brown
• Karma Nirvana
• March for Life UK
• Dr Martha Paynter
• Mental Welfare Commission
• Nursing & Midwifery Council
• Public Health Scotland
• Pro-life Students
• Professor Maya Unnithan
• Right to Life UK
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal College of Midwives
• Royal College of Nurses
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Scottish Association of Medical Directors
• Scottish Council on Human Bioethics
• Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
• Scottish Trades Union Congress
• Sisters of the Gospel of Life
• The Christian Institute
• World Health Organisation

The Expert Group also received presentations from representatives from several Australian States, New Zealand and Canada.