Campaigners ‘still waiting’ for laws to protect pregnant women from domestic violence – The Ferret

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A woman who lost two pregnancies due to domestic abuse is still campaigning for legislation to protect pregnant victims of violence, more than a year after telling Holyrood her partner drove a car at her when she was six weeks pregnant.

Nicola Murray lost her baby as a result of the attack in 2013, before losing a second pregnancy in similar circumstances four years later. She has been campaigning for the Scottish Parliament to introduce the Unborn Victims of Violence Act that would make it a specific offence to cause a miscarriage through violence and abuse.

Murray also runs Brodies Trust, which offers support to other survivors of pregnancy loss as a result of domestic abuse.

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