The Catholic Church in Scotland has criticised the Scottish National Party for discriminating against candidates who oppose abortion legalisation and gender reform laws.
Speaking to The Times, Anthony Horan, director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office in Scotland, claimed that the SNP were trying to prevent individuals who hold "pro-life beliefs and the belief that gender is not fluid" from being selected for the 2021 Scottish elections.
Horan claimed that the SNP had demonstrated “open and vicious hostility” toward party members who opposed abortion, citing the treatment of Lisa Cameron, the MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow, who received “a significant degree of virtual and actual hostility for her belief in the right to life of the unborn, including calls by some for her deselection”.
