Gillian Mackay

There are 24 applications for data centres across Scotland

John Swinney to consider if data centres should be decided locally

Greens will 'support' new MSP amid questions over visa duration

The First Minister responded to a question regarding away ticket prices being too high.

John Swinney to 'actively consider' Scottish football ticket decision

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater

Say no to Trump – Lorna Slater MSP

Activists from the American-based anti-abortion group 40 Days For Life outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow (Picture: John Devlin)

Get angry and get active - Alys Mumford

Scottish Green MSP Gillian Mackay introduced the Safe Access Zones Act. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

New buffer zones are a turning point for reproductive rights - Lorna Slater

Chalmers Clinic in Edinburgh has been targeted by protesters

Buffer zones bill given green light

Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater

Access to abortion impeded by anti-choice protesters - Lorna Slater

Lorna Slater, Green MSP

We need buffer zones to protect women’s rights - Lorna Slater

40 Days For Life hold a Prayer Vigil outside Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin/National World

Abortion clinic buffer zones backed by huge majority of Scots, poll finds

The Green MSP Gillian Mackay has launched her private member’s bill to implement anti-abortion buffer zones outside hospitals and clinics across Scotland to “protect women from harassment”.

Anti-abortion protest buffer zones bill launches

Denise Christie, a firefighter and member of the Fire Brigades Union, said reproductive rights are a trade union issue.

Abortion rights campaigners gather at US consulate in Edinburgh

Campaigners who are against abortion protest outside Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They will be demonstrating at the hospital for the whole of Lent (Photo: John Devlin).

Majority support buffer zones at Scottish abortion clinics, poll shows

Lucy Grieve co-founder and director of Back Off Scotland

Councils can't implement 'buffer zones' legal experts rule

Lucy Grieve, co-founder and Director Back Off Scotland

Campaigners blast government refusal to back buffer zones

The new poll is in contrast to recent polling

New poll puts support for Scottish independence at 51%
Support among Scots for independence is at 51%, a new poll has suggested.
Craig Paton

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Green Party MSP Lorna Slater

Way we tackle drug addiction must improve - Lorna Slater

Scottish parents concerned about missing out on long-awaited family holidays are planning to take their children out of school on the final week of term to minimise the chances of being forced to self-isolate at the start of the summer break

School's out: would you keep your child home to protect your summer holiday?

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