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Protection law launched by Perthshire domestic abuse survivor makes next stage

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Perthshire domestic abuse survivor Nicola Murray has spoke of the “emotional” moment she found out that her proposed new law to protect women who suffer miscarriages as a result of domestic violence had made the next stage.

The brainchild of Nicola Murray, ‘Brodie’s Law’ was given the support by members of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee on Wednesday to take it one step closer to reality.Nicola will be called on to give further evidence to the committee in due course to support her cause.Nicola, from Stanley, suffered three tragic miscarriages as a result of abuse, leading to the creation of women support group Brodie’s Trust.Then Nicola set up a petition last year to introduce an Unborn Victims of Violence Act – or ‘Brodie’s Law’ – to create a specific offence to “enable the judiciary to adequately prosecute perpetrators”.Nicola said: “On February 2 my petition was discussed for the second time by the Scottish Parliament Citizen Participation Committee.“I am very pleased that the committee have decided to support the petition going through to the evidence gathering stage, I will be invited to give evidence to the committee.“I am optimistic that the legislation will be passed.“And the committee recognised the high risk of harm to pregnant women and girls within the context of domestic abuse.“This is the fruit of three years of campaigning and it is quite emotional.”The positive news comes as Police Scotland was reported to the UK’s equality watchdog after an assistant chief constable made remarks relating to Nicola’s decision to cut ties between Brodie’s Trust and the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre in September.The move was over comments made by chief executive Mridul Wadhwa, a former SNP

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