I find PDFs quite manageable and as I like to store them for later, the parties that annoy me are the ones that hide their PDFs away! Here are a few c&ps from the SNP manifesto PDF. I think this covers most of the above though I decline to copy the idiotic Christina Card stuff:
LGBTQI+ Rights
At a time when marginalised communities are
under attack, the SNP will always defend all
human rights. We will seek to maximise the rights
of LGBTQI+ people by ensuring equal access to,
and support from, our public services - including
improving access to inclusive healthcare.
We are proud of Scotland’s record in advancing
equality, dignity and human rights for LGBTQI+
people, and we will go further.
We are committed to upholding and protecting
the human rights of trans people as far as
possible within our powers and we will do all
we can to ensure that trans people’s identities
are recognised and respected. Scotland is the
first country in the world to proudly incorporate
LGBTQI+ education in our schools.
We believe that everyone should be able to
live openly, safely and authentically, free from
discrimination, prejudice or fear.
Ending Harmful Conversion Practices
Conversion practices are harmful, abhorrent,
and abusive actions intended to change or
suppress an individual’s sexual orientation or
gender identity. These discriminatory practices
inflict severe damage on the mental health and
well-being of LGBTQI+ people and have no place
in Scotland.
Should the UK government fail to bring forward
legislation to ban conversion practices, we are
committed to legislating against the harms
of conversion practices and will introduce
legislation within the first year of the new
parliament to permanently end these practices.
This will establish legal safeguards to protect
people from the harm of conversion practices
and ensure a response when such acts occur.
Beyond the necessary legislation to prohibit
conversion practices, we will implement
measures to support victims and survivors,
including mental health services, and promoting
education and awareness.
[...]
Childcare
Every child in Scotland deserves the best start in
life, which is why we are committed to eradicating
child poverty and giving families the support
they need. We have always recognised that a
child’s earliest years are the most crucial for their
development and future success.
That’s why we will extend childcare support to
every child in our country from 9 months old to
the end of primary school by the end of the next
parliament. This new system will be designed
to fit around families - rather than expecting
families to fit around the system. The new
system will give support 52 weeks a year and
mean families benefit from between £1,400 up
to over £11,000 dependent on need. Helping
both with the cost of living and helping parents
take up employment opportunities that also
grow our economy.
[...]
Maternity and Neonatal Care
We want everyone planning for a family in
Scotland to feel supported and confident they will
have a positive and safe experience of maternity
care. We are committed to improving maternity
services and will deliver a national review
to support this. We will also seek to expand
perinatal mental health services.
We will commission a rapid review of IVF
provision in Scotland, with a particular focus
on widening access to single women, same sex
couples, and couples where one partner has
children from a previous relationship.
To improve the provision of miscarriage care
we will ensure that all maternity hospitals
have discreet, dedicated spaces for women
and families in the event of pregnancy
complications. We will also ensure access to
progesterone prescriptions for women who suffer
a miscarriage, and deliver a graded model of
miscarriage care backed by a Patient Charter for
Miscarriage by 2027, developed jointly with baby
loss charities
We will commission an Independent report
into maternal mortality faced by Scotland’s
Black and Asian communities to investigate
any possible systemic biases and barriers to
treatment contributing to the increased risk of
maternal mortality faced by them.
SMA Testing for Babies
In 2025 the SNP introduced changes to make
Scotland the first country in the UK to begin
national screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
(SMA), a rare condition which causes progressive
muscle wastage, and which affects movement,
breathing and swallowing.
We will commit to continue funding this
programme to ensure parents are offered SMA
screening for their newborn babies through the
existing blood spot test at five days old.
[...]
Women’s Health
We are committed delivering the second phase
of our Women’s Health plan, including increasing
the uptake of screening for cervical cancer,
launching a national campaign and piloting the
use of self-sampling kits to use at home.
We do not support the restriction of existing
abortion legislation as abortion is a legal right,
and we will protect that right. We will take
forward a consultation on the recommendations
of the Abortion Law review chaired by Prof Anna
Glasier, including on decriminalisation within the
specified term limits.
We will implement the National Plan for
Gynaecology, backed by £13 million
of investment to reduce waits.
We will also recognise endometriosis as
a chronic, long-term condition to ensure
women get the support they need as early
as possible.
[...]
Tackling violence against women and girls
We have taken significant steps to protect victims
and introduce new domestic abuse and coercive
control offences, however there is no doubt that
violence against women and girls remains a
societal issue which must be tackled.
We need to ensure that our laws keep up with
new abuses, so women are protected. That is
why we will ban using technology to create and
possess deepfake intimate images and also
ensure pregnancy is an aggravating factor in
domestic abuse cases.
We know there has been an increase in
material available online regarding crime such
as committing sex offences against women and
children. Whilst the publication and distribution
of such material is illegal, we will also ban
its possession.
We recognise women face abuse in their
everyday lives and need increased protection
against this. That’s why we will bring forward
Misogyny Bill legislate to ensure harassment
and abuse based on misogyny is outlawed
in Scotland.
We view prostitution as violence against women
and believe that the purchasing of sex should
be criminalised. We have established an
independent Commission to consider how this
can be done whilst ensuring that women are
protected and concerns that women could be at
higher risk of violence are addressed.
We will improve the interaction between the civil
and criminal courts in domestic abuse cases
especially in child contact cases and make
change necessary to existing legislation to
implement Domestic Abuse Protection Orders.
Fund to Leave
We will continue to support women experiencing
domestic abuse to buy essentials when leaving
an abusive partner, recognising that domestic
abuse remains a leading cause of women’s
homelessness. We will make our £2 million Fund
to Leave scheme permanent and universal,
extending to those with no recourse to public
funds, guaranteeing support for women and
children to leave an abusive partner.