Nicola Sturgeon has accused UK ministers of using trans people “as a political weapon” if the Tory Government challenges Scotland’s gender recognition reforms.
The UK Government is pondering using section 35 of the Scotland Act to block the Holyrood legislation, overwhelmingly backed by MSPs last month.
The Bill will allow trans people to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC) without the need for a medical diagnosis.
It will also permit 16 and 17-year-olds to apply for a GRC for the first time, and would reduce the amount of time a person has to live in their acquired gender before they can be granted the document.
Ministers have until Wednesday to launch the unprecedented move which has never been used in devolution,