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2003
Morning After Pill:

Jim Wallace, Justice Minister
Health Minister, Malcolm Chisholm

Briefing:

The morning after pill: the medical cost of reducing teenage pregnancies.

 

Executive confirms ban on
morning after pill in school


Schools will not be allowed to give out the morning after pill to girls, the Scottish Executive has confirmed.

The Health Minister, Malcolm Chisholm, says the decision follows a public backlash against controversial propoals
to give the pill to school girls.


 
     
Smacking:

Jim Wallace, Justice Minister
Jim Wallace's new smacking law may breach the right to family life

 

New chastisement law
confuses parents


Scottish parents will be at risk of prosecution over trivial incidents of chastisement after the Parliament approves a controversial new discipline law.


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Religious liberty:


Churches are being squeezed into a secular mould

 

Institute's religious liberty
campaign hits the headlines

The national press and broadcast media have reported the Institute's campaign against new laws which stop religious organisations having the freedom to employ like-minded staff.

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