Court Rules Westminster Acted Lawfully When Blocking Scottish Self-ID Law

Published on December 8, 2023

Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that the UK Government’s blocking of a law, which would have enabled anyone over the age of 16 to self-identify their gender, was lawful. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, would have allowed anyone over the age of sixteen to self-ID via a statutory declaration to obtain a new birth certificate, which changes the recording of their registered sex at birth to their chosen gender. But the UK government blocked the bill in January, citing its “adverse impact” on UK-wide equalities protection, earlier this year. The Scottish Government then mounted a legal challenge after Westminster issued an unprecedented Section 35 order of the Scotland Act to prevent the bill from receiving royal assent....

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