Gender Reform Appeal to Be Scrapped in Scotland

UK government intervened to block SNP bill to allow over-16s to obtain gender recognition certificate after just three months of living as the opposite sex.

Scottish Deputy First Minister Shona Robison alongside First Minister Humza Yousaf dated Dec. 19, 2023. Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

The Scottish Government has confirmed it will not pursue further legal challenges against the UK government after it blocked the gender recognition reform that would have allowed children aged 16 to legally identify as the opposite sex.

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison told BBC Scotland the decision to drop further appeals was a “difficult” one, and said the Scottish Government will continue to defend decisions made by the devolved government in Holyrood.