Kirsty Blackman

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

RT @AlynSmith: LGBTI ‘conversion therapy’ is an odious practice that should be banned. Our @theSNP letter to UK government urging swift act… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @agoodall4: @alisonthewliss "It remains baffling to me that although all the other legislative committees in this place take expert evid… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Peston @annietrev Where on earth are these folk finding a spare 10 hours a week? — PolitiTweet.org

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The bill is going through its parliamentary process now. It’s not yet a foregone conclusion. — PolitiTweet.org

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The UK Government is planning to increase your electricity bills to fund the build and operation of new nuclear power stations. Do you — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoolsBell55 @GirlchampJinty @Queer_Scot @EarlstonLoon @LadyJinty @McCreadieJoanna @parami @AnnieCCPS @ManiraAhmad @BeYonderLtd Oooo hi there 😘 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WWFScotland: Nicola Sturgeon says Cambo oil field 'should not get green light' https://t.co/dJCAMdzajO — PolitiTweet.org

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@BookWeekScot @nadineaishaj Squeezed in between meetings! Definitely a hundred million things in my brain some days. I’m enjoying these thank you for doing them — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BookWeekScot: Will you write a #BookWeekScotlandPlaylistPoem for #BookWeekScotland? To create a playlist poem simply write a poem usi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RefugeeAction: "This Bill is not designed to fix a broken system, it is designed to break people." Our Chief Executive @TimNaorHilton… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PeteWishart: The Standards motion that they now have to debate will come after the 10 minute rule bill within the next hour. Mogg will… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ScotsAHF @MgillAnn The Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 gives details about when children (under 16) have capacity to give informed consent. Section 4 here. I’m not proposing this be changed. https://t.co/RktNBGSlrv — PolitiTweet.org

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@AteMoth @groundhogsday3 @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn So you’re suggesting young people should not be prescribed hormonal contraception. How feminist of you. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AteMoth @groundhogsday3 @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn You clearly have no idea what the side effects are of hormonal contraceptives. Please evidence also the “high” risk of this from puberty blockers. https://t.co/vYDVAE2Gbz — PolitiTweet.org

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@groundhogsday3 @mar2vickers @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn And I have never said I am advocating for puberty blockers to be prescribed routinely. I’m not. — PolitiTweet.org

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@groundhogsday3 @mar2vickers @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn You’re saying they’re routinely medicated and I’m saying they’re not. I’m asking you to prove that they are. I’m not in the US. I don’t know what the treatment regimes are there. I’m not making any comment on how they are prescribed in the US because I don’t know. — PolitiTweet.org

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@groundhogsday3 @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn So puberty blockers shouldn’t be prescribed to under 16s but contraceptives should? Despite the side effects. (For the avoidance of doubt, I also support the prescription of contraceptives despite the side effects). — PolitiTweet.org

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@groundhogsday3 @mar2vickers @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn How many young people, or how many children are prescribed puberty blockers? — PolitiTweet.org

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@groundhogsday3 @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn Do you know anything about the side effects of hormonal contraception? — PolitiTweet.org

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@mar2vickers @groundhogsday3 @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn They’re not routinely medicated. — PolitiTweet.org

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@groundhogsday3 @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn Contraceptives are not (usually) prescribed for a disorder. — PolitiTweet.org

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@groundhogsday3 @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn With the exception of perhaps oral rehydration sachets or saline. Medication is and should be prescribed when the potential benefits significantly outweigh the potential risks. — PolitiTweet.org

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@groundhogsday3 @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn No. It does not mean that. Antidepressants have terrible side effects. So do contraceptives. My son was treated for Kawasaki disease with IVIG which can have horrendous side effects. Opposing medication with side effects would mean opposing all medication. — PolitiTweet.org

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@fatblackcatspaw @ScotsAHF @MgillAnn Which safeguards are thrown out and for what age groups? Please can you evidence this. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ScotsAHF @MgillAnn older than 16 before they can access any physical treatments. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ScotsAHF @MgillAnn older before they can access any physical treatments. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ScotsAHF @MgillAnn You‘re asking me to confirm whether or not I support something that’s not actually happening and that I’m not suggesting should happen? These “life-changing irreversible physical interventions” are not provided in Scotland for under 16s and in practice most are significantly… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JamesUnfettered @MgillAnn Conversion therapy is literally about convincing people of things. That’s why we want it banned. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ScotsAHF @MgillAnn I don’t want the age of consent for sex changed. In Scotland, gender affirming hormones are not prescribed until at least age 16, if at all. I’m not arguing for this to change. More info here: https://t.co/5XbX8PkKQS — PolitiTweet.org